*~Feline Symphony (URPG edition)~*

[Hoenn Mirror Girl]

*~Feline Symphony (URPG edition)~*
By Hoenn Mirror Girl

OOC: This is my ongoing series of URPG stories. I hope that my character doesn't appear cheap because of her background. If it does, I'll just start all over. Anyway, I hope you like it!

EPISODE I: The Miserable Beginning

PART 1: Yes, I’m a Witch. Meow
I’ve been having the sour look on my face ever since I set foot out of Cherrygrove City, the place I’ve called my ‘hometown’ and where this whole mess began. Until then, almost everyone urged me to be a trainer because I ‘had what it takes’. While I liked the idea of exploring the world of Pokemon, I never wanted to leave my ‘hometown’. As you could see, the majority rule steamrolled my minority rights.

So now, I was on a Pokemon journey where my goal was to capture Pokemon, meet other trainers, collect Gym Badges, and become a Pokemon Master. It was basically every kid’s dream to do all of that. However, I have my reason of not wanting to go besides not leaving ‘home’…

The real reason I was nervous about this was because I have a big secret. I never told anyone besides my ‘parents’ and my closest friend this, but I’m a witch. Yes, an actual witch. I was sure that not a person alive in Johto or any other region other than the people I’ve mentioned would believe it, and I’ll be making sure it stayed that way. I’ve even made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t use any of my magic while on my journey.

My true origin was that I came from a world call Myumajo. I ended up appearing in Johto after I made some stupid dare with a snobby know-it-all wizard apprentice that I know WAY too well to check out the another world. I managed to pull off the challenge, but as it turned out, I couldn’t go back to Myumajo once I’ve been in another world for a certain period of time. Three days have passed, and I was stuck in some region called Johto. I was pretty much ticked off at all of this until my ‘parents’ found me sitting at the seashore near my ‘hometown’. They took me to their house, and I didn’t hesitate at all to make myself at home. I never really had to worry about using my magic until an awkward incident made me turn a Slakoth doll in a gift basket, which was a present for a little girl in a hospital, into an actual Slakoth. Since then, my ‘parents’ and my closest friend, Anthony, never looked at me the same way again.

As time passed, I started to refrain from using my magic so I could appreciate the ‘normal’ things in Johto. My ‘parents’ enrolled me in the Violet City Pokemon School so I could learn what I needed to know about being a trainer, and Anthony helped me in areas where I was struggling. The other kids thought I was either weird or just didn’t want anything to do with me. Of course, I tried my best to make sure that my identity as a witch stayed a secret from them. After school, I either helped ‘Mom’ at the Cherrygrove Café in or ‘Dad’ at the Cherrygrove PokeMart in the same area.

This whole journey thing, however, started yesterday. I was going back home after a day in the café when I saw him… the wizard apprentice that dared me to come to this world in the first place. Instead of wearing his usual wizard attire, he looked like an everyday trainer. He turned his green and yellow baseball cap backwards, and his reddish-brown eyes were locked on me with the same conceit and egotism that I had to deal with back at Myumajo.

“What are you doing here, Zindo?” I asked as I gave him a skeptical look. I pretty much figured that he was going to play another trick on me.

“I just wanted to drop off your friend since you’re going to be stuck here for a while,” the fudge-haired brat told me as he handed me a blue and yellow Pokeball with a paw print on the button.

Zindo tossed the Pokeball in the air. A few seconds later, the ball opened and poured out a bright light that formed into Meowth, my trademark Pokemon. Happy would be an understatement to even begin describing how he acted after seeing me. Despite that I shared the same feeling, I was still suspicious. Why did Zindo go through all of this trouble just to get Meowth here? Did he know how serious the risk was coming from Myumajo to here? He obviously didn’t care about me, but something was up if he came here just to get my Meowth here.

However, before Zindo could say anything else, he began to head off.

“I did what needed to be done,” Zindo sighed. He brushed back his hair and jumped high enough to land on the roof of the PokeMart. “Oh, yeah. Like it or not, I’m going to be your little helper, so get used to seeing me often. Seeya!” With that, he jumped toward the sky and vanished.

“Helper?” I mumbled in irritation. “For what?!”

The madness didn’t stop there. A few hours later, my ‘parents’ saw my Meowth. Before I could begin to tell them where it really came from, my ‘parents’ assumed that it was a wild Pokemon that I befriended. And then, my ‘dad’ said these words…

“I always thought that you had the potential to be a Pokemon trainer. Your teacher told us that you were the fifth best student of the class. Perhaps we should talk to Professor Elm to make you a trainer…”

I had an expression that I was just struck by lightning when I heard those words… and that led to one of the banes of my witch form: black Meowth-like ears popping out of my head. I didn’t do anything to hide that, though, since they pretty much knew my background.

After half an hour of my explanation of not wanting to travel and my parents throwing my various accomplishments in my face, I pretty much surrendered to them. We went to visit Professor Elm in New Bark Town to verify my Meowth, and it was in good condition. However, something about Meowth seemed to have piqued his interest, but he brushed that aside believing it was his imagination.

And so, my story began…

[Hoenn Mirror Girl]

PART 2: Panic-nya!
“Okay…” I mumbled to myself nervously as I looked at the path beyond my ‘hometown’, “I’m an official Pokemon trainer, and I’m on a Pokemon journey.”

I began walking through the grassy area of Route 30 with Meowth right behind me. The shining sun in the bright azure sky poured its light on us as well as the rest of this area. A soft breeze occasionally blew my hair back a little, and there was a slightly sweet aroma that aroused my appetite after I noticed it was coming from a nearby Berry tree. Meowth and I wasted no time heading there to grab ourselves some Berries to eat. However, it didn’t seem that we were the only ones who were hungry.

A flock of Pidgey flew to the Berry tree that we were eating from. A couple of them perched on the braches while others decided to eat the Berries while they were flying.

I took a Pokeball from my belt to have ready once the Pidgey were weak enough after a battle when I felt weird. Upon looking at the shiny red and white sphere and then the Pidgey, I bent my wrists in a downward position and my eyes were suddenly shaped like almonds.

“Meow?” I suddenly said as all of this took place.

Somehow, I couldn’t hold back. My attention was only focused on the Pokeball that I unexpectedly dropped. As I leaped toward the Pokeball and grabbed it, I began to roll it back and forth in my hands. I didn’t even noticed that Meowth and the Pidgey were all giving me weird looks as I continued to play with the Pokeball.

All of a sudden, my attention turned to the flock of Pidgey, and I didn’t hesitate to leap toward them and pounce toward the Tiny Bird that was closest to me. The Normal/Flying-typed Pokemon suddenly flew out of the way just before I was within reach of it, and I ended up falling into the ground.

“Meeeoooow!”

I was about to head toward the Pidgey again when Meowth managed to stop me by scratching me in the face. Immediately after I felt the Scratch attack, I came to my senses.

“What happened?” I asked as I looked up a flock of angry Pidgey with a blank expression.

“Meow meow meow,” Meowth moaned, shaking his head in an annoyed fashion.

After it dawned on me, I realized what happened and felt rather sick.

“My… Meowth instincts… kicked in, haven’t they?” I wondered out loud in a shaky voice.

“Meowth meow!” my Pokemon nodded.

Before we could do anything, I suddenly felt my lavender shirt and orange skirt being tugged by some of the Pidgey while the rest pecked me and Meowth.

“Get away! I didn’t mean it!” I cried out as I tried to shoo the Pidgey away.

“Meowth!” yelled my Scratch Cat Pokemon, doing the same.

Eventually, we couldn’t take it anymore and tried to run away from them as fast as we could. Unfortunately for us, however, the angry Pidgey were on our tails. I was running so fast that I didn’t even notice that my Meowth ears were poking out of my beige hair and the accompanying tail appeared from the seat of my skirt.

I didn’t know how much longer I could run until I tripped over a small rock. After slamming into the ground, I saw the flock of Pidgey, and they looked ready to attack me and Meowth with everything they’ve got.

“Meow meow meow!” Meowth cried out in a worried tone, “Meow meow meow meow meow!”

“What do you have in mind?” I stuttered, not taking my eye off the Pidgey.

Meowth snagged my clear, heart-shaped pendant from around my neck and placed it in the palm of my hand.

“Are you crazy?!” I asked my Pokemon in shock, “I made a promise to myself NOT to use my magic at all during this journey! What would my reputation as a trainer be like if I use my magic to cheat?!”

Meowth shook his head, signaling to me that wasn’t the idea he had in mind. He lay on the ground for a few seconds, and then he got up and started running in place.

“Oh, I get it now,” I understood.

I held up my pendant which suddenly glowed a bright green. Within seconds, every Pidgey who had looked at my pendant for even a second dropped to the ground and were sound asleep. I got up and finally breathed a sigh of relief as a put the pendant back around my neck and my Meowth ears and tail disappeared.

“Now, let’s get out of here!”

***

Meowth and I arrived at the end of Route 31. I was relieved that we don’t have to deal with those annoying Pidgey, but I felt guilty for going back on my promise on not using my magic. Thankfully, no one was watching, but I still feel bad for doing what I did.

I got out the Pokegear that ‘Dad’ bought for me yesterday and checked the map. It seemed that I was near a city called Violet. I decided that we’d head there after we took a snack break.

I took off my backpack and began to take out some food. Aside from the Berries I’ve gathered a few hours ago, I also had some Pokemon food made by ‘Mom’ for Meowth and some rice balls for me. I got a bowl from my bowl began I started pouring the dark brown pellets of food for Meowth into it. After I got Meowth’s food ready, I placed the bluish-white bowl in front of him, and my Pokemon didn’t hesitate to begin eating. I was pretty hungry myself, so I didn’t waste any more time to open one of the plastic packages that held my rice ball to begin eating.

Suddenly, I felt a sharp prick on my cheek. I let out a soft moan of pain as I looked around to see where it came from.

“Not again,” I groaned after finding out where it came from.

A lone Pidgey landed in front of us and looked at me with an irritated expression on his face. It appeared to be from the flock that attacked me after my Meowth abilities kicked in. It wasn’t possible for my sleeping spell to last more than half an hour, so I pretty much assumed that they’d rather deal with me one by one.

“Meowth meow…?” Meowth asked me in confusion.

“Yeah, they want revenge,” I replied to my Pokemon.

Meowth, knowing that a battle would be underway, got in front of me. He put his paws firmly on the ground and glared at his opponent known as the Tiny Bird Pokemon.

“Meowth! Use your Bite attack!” I commanded as I pointed forward.

Meowth dashed off toward Pidgey. Once he was close enough, he opened his mouth and revealed his sharp teeth. The attack missed, however, when the Pidgey flew up to evade the attack. Meowth crashed into the ground and ended up having a mouth full of dirt (literally!). Now, Meowth could only look up after spitting out the soil to see the Pidgey diving right toward him.

“Mya!!!” I cried out as I saw that Pidgey was coming down quickly by a Quick Attack, “Meowth, dodge!”

Meowth jumped out of the way just in time when Pidgey was close to the ground. The Scratch Cat Pokemon landed behind his opponent who turned around and began furiously flapping his wings. Sand was suddenly blown everywhere, and Meowth didn’t know what to do next. Luckily, I knew what to do in this particular situation.

“Meowth, Faint Attack!”

Meowth perked up upon hearing the command. He got a mischievous look on his face as he headed closer to Pidgey despite the sand clogging his vision. Suddenly, the bird-like Pokemon felt a blow in the abdomen and crashed on the ground. Meowth, however, managed to land on his feet and began to get confident.

Pidgey didn’t appear to like my Pokemon’s smug look and began flapping his wings again. This time, the sand was blown away due to a powerful wind being generated with each wing flap from the Pidgey, and the gust caused Meowth to suddenly get knocked off his feet.

“Meowth, Screech attack!” I yelled as I covered my ears.

Meowth took a brief glare at his opponent before taking a deep breath. He slowly got up, not taking his eyes off the Pidgey for even the briefest of a second.

“MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOW!” my Pokemon then cried.

I knew how loud my Meowth’s Screech could get, so I always cover my ears before I tell my Meowth to use the attack.

Pidgey, however, wasn’t all that prepared for a loud attack as he immediately stopped flapping his wings. Covering his ears with his wings wasn’t the best choice for Pidgey to do, because he plunged to the ground once he did so. He occasionally shivered and moaned after hearing that insanely earsplitting attack.

“Okay, Meowth, let’s not drag this out any longer,” I told my Pokemon, “Pay Day!”

A small, glowing orb appeared in Meowth’s paw. As he threw it at the weakened Pidgey, the orb popped and transformed into coin-like pellets that hit Pidgey on the side. After the attack ended, the Pidgey moaned in pain.

“Great, Meowth,” I grinned.

“Meowth meow!” my Pokemon replied, just as happy.

I took a look at the weakened Pidgey. My hand felt shaky and sweaty as I slowly got out a Pokeball from my belt.

“Well, here I go,” I said to myself in a shaky voice, “Go, Pokeball!”

And with that, I threw the Pokeball at my target Pokemon. As soon as the ball hits the Pidgey, it opened and sucked up the Tiny Bird after converting him into a red light. After the ball closed, it began to wiggle.

All I could do at this point is clasp my hands together and pray that the outcome of all of this madness was in my favor…

END OF EPISODE I

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I try to have two parts to an episode: part one is usually a little background, and part two is where the actual capture happens. Like I said earlier, I hope my character (Nyoko) doesn't seem too cheap.

[Jack of Clovers]

story:
good length. interesting magic background and plot idea. you put a lot of thought into this story. heh, Meowth Instincts... reminds me of Mew Mew Power. :wink:

detail:
nicely done. good details of characters, their background, surrounding areas, and the battle. though, you didn't mention the main characters name in the story. somehow you need to put "Nyoko" in there so we know her name. maybe when Zindo came in, he could say... "Hello Nyoko!"

grammer:
"So now, I was on a Pokemon journey...."
you're story is in past-tense and you use 'now' in that sentene. now is present-tense. be carefull about using 'now' in a past-tense story. i suggest not using 'now' and find other words.
"After school, I either helped ‘Mom’ at the Cherrygrove Café in or ‘Dad’ at the..."
akward use of 'in'. :tongue:
nothing else stood out.

battle:
i like the descriptions of how the attacks were used. i can see the battle taking place.

realty:
witches aren't real but i like the fantasy. looks good.

tips:
keep it up and can't wait to see how it turns out. for future stories, be aware you may need to make the story longer.

Outcome- Pidgey Caught!

~Jack~