[Pokémon] Charcoal's Destiny.

Chapter 1- My alarm clock was beeping and I heard a dodrio cry in the distance, signaling the arrival of dawn. I blearily stretched, got out of bed and went over to the mirror. As always, I found myself wishing that I was a normal coloured Charmander. Instead of the normal orange, my skin was a shiny golden colour which blended with my cream coloured belly and my eyes where a stunning blue, the flame on my tail burned brightly. I went downstairs to the kitchen, were my foster parents, a couple of Charizard's stood with breakfast. My real parents we're killed when I was just 2 years old. As per usual my foster dad Riki greeted me warmly, while my foster mother, Sammy, made me breakfast and gave me a hug. I ate my breakfast quickly and with a small sigh, went to check the mail that was on the kitchen bench. I sifted through the mail, hoping to find a letter confirming my acceptance to a rescue team guild. It's my lifelong dream to create and lead the world's finest rescue team. I saw many bills and letters from family and when I came down to the last letter my heart skipped a beat. I glanced at it and almost fainted with joy when I opened it and read that it was from "Loppunys Guild of Fun and Friendship" with my heart ready to burst out of my chest with joy and excitement I read that her Guild would be very happy to accept me, and to meet her at the Guild at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. I gave an excited yell and went to show my foster parents the letter. To my dismay, they skim read the letter and sternly told me that "An exploration team Guild is no place for a young charmander like you, there is too much risk involved, you will stay here and get a nice job at the bank". I opened my mouth to argue but shut it again as a plan formed in my mind. I said"Okay, I will stay here and just let my dreams slide away". This was meant to be sarcastic, but luckily for me Riki and Sammy took it seriously. I forced myself to walk instead of run up the stairs to my room. I packed some food, water, blankets, toothbrush and of course the letter, plus my favourite pink bow, my blue scarf and red bracelet. I took a few deep breaths and left a letter for my foster parents. I reread what I'd written"Dear Riki and Sammy, I want to thank you for taking such good care of me these last 8 years, but I'm going to chase my dreams, and I hope that you care for me enough to respect my decision and let me live my life the for myself" Sincerely yours Charcoal. I took one last look around my beloved room, took one deep breath and opened my window. I used a nearby tree to lower myself around, looked at the sunset in the east, the direction we're the guild was, and took my first step into a brand new world full of fun and adventure aswell as mystery.

Chapter 2- After many hours of trudging through scrub land and city alike, I'd finally made it to "Lopunny's Guild of Fun and Friendship". Though now that I was standing at the gates, I didn't know what to make of it. The gate was solid gray and at least twice my height. I opened my backpack and got out my acceptance letter, the gate was installing a feeling of dread into me and I was suddenly feeling threatened by whatever was inside. After taking several deep breaths to try and calm myself down, I knocked loudly on the gate. While I waited, I kept reading the letter and thinking about home and my foster parents, which sent a flow of tears to my eyes, which I quickly wiped away.

A sudden sound by the gate startled me; a mawile was standing there, their eyes narrowed towards me. It said in a gruff voice"Who are you? If you came to sell something, we have no need for cleaning products or anything else."I realized that it must be a male and not a very nice one at that, which to my dismay caused me to stutter. "I'm, I'm Char-Charcoal the Charmander, I-I have a letter of accep-acceptance here to-to this guild". He glared at me his eyes still narrowed, while I showed him the letter. He scanned it for a few moments, then nodded curtly, opened the gate and said"Charcoal huh? Guild master Lopunny talked about you earlier. I'm Zorbas the Mawile and deputy here at this exploration guild. I just nodded, too nervous to speak. He lead my towards the entrance, carefully shutting the gate after him. When I stepped inside, I was amazed by how beautiful this place was. I'd stepped into a sandy floored clearing; the walls were padded with soft moss there were several wooden chairs and three cave entrances: one on the left, one the right and another one in the center. Zorbas saw my look of mingled curiosity and confusion and explained to me that"Were we are standing right now us the main clearing where meetings and such are held, the cave to the left leads to the bedrooms and the storeroom, the cave to the right leads to the kitchen and dining area and the central cave leads to Guild Master Lopunny's room. That's where we will be going now. He headed off, with me trailing behind like an obedient growlithe. We reached the cave in less than 5 minutes though to me it felt like forever. I braced myself as I walked further towards my destiny…