~Celestial League~ T (Revamped)

Amanda Miller

Amanda giggled at the interaction between Jeremy and his son. It reminded her much of the way she and her father interacted. As Kenneth shook her hand Amanda smiled more at him. "Sorry uh, Amanda is it? Nice to meet you, I'm looking forward to learning more about pokemon and training in a place so few people in Johto seem to know about...And if I can I'm gonna be Celestia's new champion if I can. Oh! Um, you already know who I am but this." he gestured to his Pokescarf and Amanda's eyes lit up as she spotted Luna.

Turning her head to Jeremy, Amanda smiled at the man. "It was nice to see you to Sir. I'll be sure to watch out for Kenneth. After all that's my job" once the man walked away Amanda turned her attention back to Kenneth. "Oh it's okay my dad also calls me Mandy. I liked it when I was little but now I prefer Amanda. Also, Luna is the cutest Dratini I've ever seen" she smiled more.

"I know everything there is to know about Celestia. You see on top of helping with the professor's research I'm working on my own which is studying the legend behind the creation of Celestia" Amanda smiled more before she realized she was probably rambling, and that not many people cared about what she was studying. A pink flush appeared on her cheeks. "I'm actually getting ready to head out to Route 1 with my Vulpix, Cherry if you'd like to go with me Kenneth"


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Pamela watched as the pink haired girl switched moods in an instant. It reminded her terribly of her father, bringing back memories. "Hey there!" she said happily. "My name's Sakura! What's your name?" she asked. Nana forced her eyes open, blinking and taking in the view above her. The first thing she saw was the Slakoth. Noises and voices were barely audible, but she smiled and started to watch the Slakoth. She joked and had made remarks, but a few of them apparently... weren't a joke?

"Pamela Oxford," she began, having much to say from the way she acted. "It's common courtesy to respect those older than you. Karma can be very rude otherwise." She didn't want to seem rude, but it's thanks to people like her that she had a rough childhood. Right when she turned to look at the boy, Sakura whistled over to her Pokemon. 'Guess my Pokemon isn't the only silly one here.'

"Thank you. I suppose I SHOULD go grab him!" He looked to the side of the structure to see his Slakoth reaching the roof. "GOD DANG IT KONG!" Pamela smiled, seeing as how Nana was also enjoying the way the boy treated his Pokemon. He even gave him a cute nickname. Pamela had been spacing out, thinking about her past that she didn't notice him making the climbing attempts. When he spoke, she was snapped out of it. "I did that on purpose. Now here's where I really try!" the teen had said. Pamela blew the hair out from her face, thinking he wouldn't be able to, but to her surprise, he climbed it. He even caught his Pokemon and leap with style, impressing her.

"Impressive."

"I'm Trent. Trent Rift. Nice to meet you," he held out his hand, expecting a handshake. Pamela, somehow surprised that the boy wanted to meet her, reached out her hand and grasped his hand firmly. While they shook hands, Azurill turned to face the boy. She was still in Pamela's other arm, and smiled. "Pamela Oxford."

"Azu azu!" she sat up, letting out soft bubbles that popped in front of the boy. Pamela turned Nana around, so she wouldn't let out any more bubbles. "You're Pokemon is very determined... I like that," she added, admitting it. Her Pokemon gives up pretty easily.​

Amanda Miller

"Cherry is a female" Amanda said with a smile her face turning a little more pink when Kenneth said she was pretty. She took the compliment with a smile, but still heard the small voice in her head telling her that what he said wasn't true. Calling out her Vulpix who immediately rubbed against her legs and then Kenneth's Amanda continued to speak. "and your right Kenneth. The legend is that Darkrai and Cresseila created this region as a place were both light and darkness can co-exist peacefully. Some say that both Pokemon lie slumbering somewhere in the region waiting until we need them again"


"It's all rather fascinating. But no one knows if that's true or not. Some don't believe it. That's why that's my chosen study. Once I take over the lab, which will be once the Professor retires after her research is finished then the lab will move onto studying my chosen study" Amanda smiled more. "route 1 is right this way. It'll take about six hours to travel it. But once we're through it we'll be in Mercury City by around two to three in the afternoon. That's were the first gym leader is"
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"Karma? I don't really know about that."

Pamela flinched. 'She doesn't know about karma?' she thought, to her surprise. She glanced at Nana, not knowing how to respond or explain karma. "You'll learn eventually," she said, not knowing what else to say to that. Right after she glanced at Trent, the girl purred and grabbed the boy's arm. 'So much for making a friend. He's probably going to focus entirely on her rather than me...wait, what am I thinking? Let's face it, she'll easily gain everybody's trust and hearts... except mine," Pamela thought. Nana started to sleep, making Pamela glance down and smirk.

"We were almost champions..." he heard Trent begin. "I'm going to be the champion here. I made a promise long ago, and I DON'T break my promises." He looked very determined, making her gain faith for him. It was then he turned to face her and begin his own conversation with her, making Pamela realize that wasn't aimed at both... but possibly just at Sakura. "Thanks. He reminds me of the very same Slaking. His name was King. I can tell that if the two met, they'd get a long just fine," he thanked. She smiled back, but it returned to her melancholic look the next second. She was afraid to make a friend, much less show her true colors at somebody. "Nice to meet you Pamela." With that said, he started to talk to his Slakoth. Pamela, seeing as how her own needs treatment, began to leave the scene for the two lovebirds to continue.

"Sorry to... interrupt your romance. Continue as you were," she spoke formally, as she always did with other people. "But..," she began. "it was nice meeting you too, Trent." Feeling comfortable after acknowledging him, she headed back to the Pokemon Center. If only she could make a new friend; but as she always thought, she had to close her heart... what if she ended up trusting them and they were to disappear? She already had it with her own sister.. she didn't want to risk it.

Entering the Pokemon Center, she let Nana return to her pokeball and the nurse bring her back to health. Afterwards, she headed back out. That's when she remembered that Plusle from long ago.. is it still awake? Curious, Pamela began to make her way to the route. Once there, she let out Nana, who let out a yawn and sat on her tail. "Let's battle some more until you get the basics, alright?" she suggested, but Nana turned and tilted her head, confused. Pamela, not wanting to go through obedience training, tried to look for a potential enemy. There were plenty of Rattata, but she didn't want Nana to think they were her friends... but wait, there's that same Plusle! She was about to order her Azurill to attack until she witnessed a Butterfree snatch Plusle's berry.

"Plu!" the rodent yelled, running after the bug. After a few steps he let out a small Thunder Wave, causing the bug to drop to the ground, paralyzed. Filled with joy, the Plusle was about to grab his berry when suddenly, the Butterfree's eyes glowed pink. A pink aura consumed the cute rodent, lifting him up. He tried to struggle and shake, hoping it would make him drop. The bug slammed him to the ground, leaving him to defend for himself. As the Butterfree snickered and took the berry as its victory, the Plusle slowly got up, gritting his teeth. Pamela admired how determined the Plusle was to get its berry.

"Hey..," she called out to the Plusle, who froze at her voice. Nana squealed, happy to see a new Pokemon who isn't attacking her. Unfortunately when the rodent took a good look at her, he made a run for it. "Wait! No!" Pamela ran after the rodent. Nana managed to bounce on her tail and land right on Pamela's shoulder. Holding on for dear life, the two stopped when Plusle entered a bush, disappearing further off.

"Tch, it's useless. Why am I wasting my time-" she got cut off by the same Butterfree from before, burping and laying down after having eaten the berry. Nana, having witnessed it all, felt hate for the bug. Pamela, noticing how eager Nana was to battle it out, smiled. "Let's battle, shall we?"

Nana hops down, landing in front of the Butterfree. 'Alright, let's get this started.' The Butterfree saw the hate in the Azurill's eyes and floated up. "Bubbles," Pamela ordered, then couldn't help but giggle. It sounded just like a silly pet's name instead of an attack. While she laughed, Azurill let out a barrage of bubbles, hitting the bug. It managed to faze it, but nothing more. "Muddy Water, now try!" she encouraged Nana, who leaps and lands on a puddle of water. Letting out a small battle cry, she managed to send a small wave of water towards the Butterfree. Unfortunately it managed to get up. Its eyes glowed pink and lifted the Azurill up. Nana, scared, started to go crazy and used Bubbles everywhere. "Stop and focus on the Butterfree... um," she stopped to think about what a Pokemon like that would want to hear. "..I'm here, I won't let it hurt you." Those last few words seemed to calm Nana down, making her glance at Pamela before she let out another barrage of Bubbles at the Butterfree. However, the bug dodged and literally forced the blue Pokemon down. "Nana!" Pamela called, but gasped when she saw that the Azurill's tail cushioned the fall and, in fact, caused her to bounce back up to ten feet. The Butterfree blinked, wondering where the Azurill had gone. Right when the bug looked up, Azurill impacted the bug, causing both of them to hit the ground.

"I forgot she doesn't attack unless I order her to... great," Pamela mumbled under her breath, walking over to the mess. The Butterfree was unconscious, no longer able to battle. Nana, on the other hand, was bouncing up and down with such energy... it made Pamela wonder where she even gets it from. "Heh, good job. Second Pokemon you've defeated today... impressive. Now off to find that Plusle. I really want him."

"Azu!" Nana nodded, bouncing up and landing on Pamela's shoulder. They both went deeper into the forest.​

Amanda Miller

"Thanks, I love fire types. Part of the reason I waited this long to start my first journey was because the Professor changes what Pokemon she gives out each year. Plus she needed my help. But even though this is my first journey I've been all over this region countless times" Amanda said before she looked over at where Kenneth had pointed and did indeed see a young girl with pink hair clinging to a blue haired boy. "My older sister is just like that" she said shaking her head "as for stories of Darkrai causing nightmares people say if you spend the night in Meteorite Mountain there's a chance you'll have nightmares. But I haven't gotten around to testing that yet."


Listening to the rest of what Kenneth had to say Amanda smiled feeling slightly embarrassed but she was glad to make a new friend. "you father was right. I may be biased since I've lived in Celestia all my life but there are honestly still things I don't know about" she said. "hmm what would you like to hear about first? I can tell you what Pokemon we'll find on route 1. Or I can tell you about Hermes the first gym leader" she smiled slightly. "sorry if I'm talking to much...people say I talk to much. That's why I don't really have any friends anymore"

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Amanda Miller

Amanda smiled at Kenneth and thought about what he said for a moment before her smile got a little bigger and she nodded in agreement. "Your right Kenneth. Absolutely right." she grinned as Cherry rubbed against her legs and she reached her arm down giggling as Cherry licked her fingers.

"Alright, route 1. You enter it by following the road between the Pokemart and the first house. Which happens to be were I live with my dad." She smiled "now there are five wild Pokemon you can find on route 1. There's a large colony of Natu that migrated here a few years ago and never left. A colony of Rattata and Plusle that get along well. There's a good size group of Butterfree that like it around here, and you can find Sunkern here as well" she glanced at Route 1 and then back at Kenneth. "If you'd like we can head out now? Like I said it will take about six hours to reach Mercury City, and I've always been told it's safer to travel with someone else on the routes than to travel alone"

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Having defeated a Caterpie and a Buttefree now, Pamela felt pretty confident that Nana would be quite strong one day. She showed good progress, despite her odd nature. As the two kept moving forward, they came across a berry. It was just there, in the middle of the ground. Confused, she waited to see if anybody or any creature came to get it. Surely enough, a Pokemon did come out to claim it... that same Plusle!

"Hey! It's you...," Pamela mumbled. The rodent, lively and fully energized, put the berry behind him and stood his ground this time. Nana leaped down from Pamela's shoulder, landing in front of her. She let out a bubble, wanting to play, but the Plusle popped it with his finger and immediately crouched, ready to attack.

"Plu plu!" he hollered, suddenly disappearing. It was then Pamela realized he was using Quick Attack, and warned Nana, but it was too late. The Azurill had been hit, and she impacted the tree to her right. Rolling down, she started to sulk and tear up. The Plusle stuck out his tongue, walking back towards the berry.

"Nana, stand up!" Pamela ordered. She did just that, but her tears kept going. "You can do this... just use Bubbles and Muddy Water!" The Azurill let out Bubbles, but the Plusle easily dodged it by hopping out of the way. Nana used Muddy Water and managed to harm the Plusle a bit, but his berry floated away. This caused the rodent to yell in anger and use Thunder Wave, which ran through the wave of water and towards Azurill. She was now paralyzed. "Don't worry about that... keep using Bubbles!"

Nana let out more Bubbles, but stopped abruptly. The Plusle, excited to see he was winning, used Quick Attack and slammed Nana into the tree behind her again. "Muddy Water, now!" Pamela blurted out. Nana bounced up on her tail and used the attack on the rodent, who got slightly pushed back. "Jump up and land on him like you did with Butterfree, too," she added, seeing as how it worked last time. Confused, Azurill kept using Bubbles instead. She hopped around on her bouncy tail, using Bubbles to subdue the rodent. Pamela face palmed herself, seeing as how she still had a long way to go.

"AIE!" she suddenly heard a squeal. Pamela took her hand off of her face and glanced at the battle. Her Azurill had fallen over the Plusle, who could barely breathe. Happy to see she at least pinned Plusle down, she took out a Pokeball. Not now, but soon she'll have to use it. "Good, now use Bubbles... and uh, get off since he needs air," she added the last part. Nana bounced off of the rodent and immediately proceeded to use Bubbles. Making a direct hit, the Plusle struggled to get back up. He used Quick Attack once more, pushing Nana away, followed by a Growl. The Azurill was too tired to continue, and just sat up. Her eyes began to get teary again, making Pamela feel bad she's pushing her Azurill to go far... but they were so close to catching the Plusle. The rodent was already panting.

"Just a bit longer, Nana-" she stopped when she saw the Plusle using Thunder Wave. "Bounce up using your tail!" she said instead. The Azurill did just that, and bounced high up. The wave passed right underneath her, and the blue creature landed right on the Plusle. The rodent let out a groan, tired. He tried to stand up, but gave in and collapsed to the ground. "YES. Let's do this!"

With her hands holding the precious red and white ball, she glanced at Nana. She dropped to the ground, tired. Pamela smiled, happy that Nana managed to go this far. "Thank you," she smiled at her Pokemon before throwing the Pokeball at the Plusle, who got sucked into the sphere. She waited... hoping... wondering if it would work...
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Amanda Miller

Amanda smiled at Kenneth's enthusiasm and quickly followed after him walking by his side as they took their first steps onto route 1. "I'm thinking I'll try to catch a Sunkern if I can find one." she said looking around at the grass and the trees. She saw the boy that had been with the pink haired girl heading towards route 1, and another girl with a Cacnea.

"Your right I'll be sure to introduce myself to the other trainers before or right when we reach Mercury City. After all I'm sure they'd like to know about the gym leader before they blindly challenge him. But who knows... some of them might like the surprise"
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