MiSERYS' JUST BECOME YOUR MASTER - STARTERPOKÉMON

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the black curtains were closed, and were for now, at least hiding the sunlight which was starting to warm the earth up; two figures slept on though, one was a drooling puppy pokémon who took up over half of the bed, and then there was the trainer, roxanne who was curled into the tight ball, her head resting on her growlithes back. As her partner growled softly, roxanne almost shot up, her eyes widening with fear, her heartrate going insanely quick. glancing around the room in an attempt to calm her nerves down, roxanne glanced over at chuugi, who was watching her with one small, ebonite eye. "Sorry chu, I had a nightmare, go back to sleep, it's still early." she murmured, and the puppy pokémon growled on her chest; roxanne folded her hands in her lap, the dream had been so... vivid.

every colour, every taste, she could remember them so clearly, and as she screwed her eyes closed, it only made the problem worse. finally, giving up on getting rid of the images, she unpeeled herself from the warm caccoon that she had slept in for less than three hours, and stretching as she walked towards the bedroom door, roxanne worked the knots out of her back, her eyes closing wearily as she padded quietly along the floor towards the bathroom. pushing open the door, the sixteen year old trainer stripped down to her skin, and started the shower; once the water was boiling hot, she stepped under it, the scalding droplets pelting off her skin onto the tiles below her feet. her long, slightly curled hair was soaked, and as she scrubbed her body clean, stepping from the shower, roxanne rubbed her hands through her hair sending over her shoulders, and dried her body off quickly, before she walked back into her bedroom.

dressing in a pair of black crago pants, which held a built-in pokébelt and a black t-shirt, a bright orange jacket was tugged on as well, and a baby blue cap was pulled over her hair, which had been pulled into a loose bun. patting chuugi, who growled softly, roxanne grabbed her keys and exited the house. the sun was just starting to shine brightly, and roxanne covered her eyes slightly as she broke into a run; her converse'd feet hitting the ground in a simple pattern. her lips curled into a giant smirk, her eyes glittered with something, and she grinned, "piplup... turtwig... chimchar..." she murmured softly, trying to decide which pokémon she would rather have. "I already have a fire pokémon... a grass pokémon would be best, but it is weak against fire, and water is strong against fire." roxanne scowled as the thoughts passed her, the upcoming selection making her feel strangely worried - a feat which was quite rare in itself. her eyes rose as she passed a couple, their hands entwined. "stupid kid!" the man called out, throwing a whole lot more cuss at roxanne, who just tuned it out.

she was used to abuse, and so, when she turned the corner onto professor rowans' lab, she paused and took a deep breath. she schooled her features into nothing, and then walked up to the door, and knocked softly. "come in, come in." the professor called out, and roxanne opened the door and stepped inside. "good morning roxanne," rowan greeted, as he led the trainer into the larger room, following at a sedate pace, roxanne glanced around, wide speckled eyes taking in the sights of the lab, "have you thought about which pokémon you would like?" he asked, and roxanne rubbed the back of her head slightly, "kinda. i mean, i know what the pokémon are and stuff, but... i just don't know." roxanne explained, sighing when she finished the examination of the lab. "how about you have a look at them, and then decide?" rowan suggested, and as roxanne nodded, professor rowan turned on his heel and strode over to a machine, where five or six pokéballs lay waiting.

"take any pokéball, and have a look." rowan suggested, smiling as roxanne took a pokéball and opened it with a soft, "come out," there, once the red light had faded, a small, penguin pokémon stood there, roxannes eyes closed for a moment. "piplup." she murmured, before recalling the pokémon and sending out two other pokémon. turtwig, chimchar and piplup. it really was difficult to chose her pokémon, she needed something that would help growlithe in battles, so the most obvious choice was piplup, but then that left the pair open for more devastating attacks from electric pokémon. her lip curled in slight confusion - how come it was so hard to chose one pokémon? - she jumped slightly as the loudest of the trio - the piplup - jumped into her arms, and professor rowan laughed, "seems like its chosen you roxanne," he smiled as the piplup let out a squeaks of joy, roxannes hands closed round the piplups sides, and she held it out.

"sai," she murmured softly, grinning as the piplup squeaked and squawked loudly. "sai, and chuugi." she murmured, grinning slightly as the piplup returned to the pokéball, and roxanne found her arms pleasantly empty. rowan nodded, and turned to a counter, before holding out a Sinnoh pokédex, which roxanne took and placed in her pocket, her piplups pokéball being placed on the pokébelt. "try and fill that dex up, and if you don't want to, there's always the offer of becoming a pokémon breeder or co-ordinator." rowan remarked, as he showed roxanne out of the labratory. "pokémon breeder? that might be interesting." roxanne murmured, "alright, i'll see you later professor," she continued, walking away down the path as two new trainers walked down the path.