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A few days after a fourteen year old Alex's birthday, he wakes up from a Gastly to the face only to see that instead of at home where he should be, he's now on the roof of a building. Now he has to try and figure out just what he's supposed to do now in a new world.
This is my first attempt at writing a Pokémon story that follows the trainer rather than a Pokémon, so sorry if there are a few mistakes about how trainers act or anything along those lines.
Also something to know is that the main character going into this story doesn't know about the world of Pokémon. It won't be said why he doesn't know about it until later, but it's probably best to be explained here.
The story's rated teen just to be safe. There's no cursing or any themes that go too far, but I thought that I'd put the slight warning anyway.
Chapter 1
Professor Sycamore's POV
Professor Sycamore's POV
"Ah, good morning Charmander! And how are we feeling today?" I asked as I entered the room. Charmander was feeling a bit down ever since Ivysaur had evolved and left him as the only one of the three in their pre-evolved forms.
"Char..." He said, uninterested in conversation. He was just siting around with his bowl of Pokémon food left hardly touched.
"Aw, don't worry. Just because they've already evolved doesn't mean that they're any better. You're just a late-bloomer is all." I said in attempt to cheer him up.
"Mander..." He got up and slowly trudged out of the room.
I took a step forward. "That-uh...N-Not that being a late-bloomer is a bad thing! It's just. That...Oh..." Alright, maybe I need some help with this...
"Char?..." As Charmander approached the window, he got a look of confusion as he looked towards the street below.
"Hm? What's wrong?" Charmander kept his focus towards the front of the building as he simply signaled me with his claw to join him at the window.
Curious as to what snapped Charmander out of thought so quickly, I walked over and looked out the window only to see a small crowd of people below and Officer Jenny talking with a megaphone in hand and two Machokes standing on either sides of her.
"Sir! Please step away from the ledge! If you get any closer, you may-" Before she could finish, she and the rest of the crowd all gasped in shock.
I opened the window and looked out as Charmander got out of the way. "Officer Jenny, what's going on?"
"Professor! There's a young man on the roof and he slipped on the ledge!" She told me as the Machokes both picked up something I couldn't recognize and ran into the small front courtyard. I assumed that they were setting up something to help with the issue.
"I'll go check it out! You may come in if you need to!" I told her before backing away from the window and looking to Charmander. "Come! I think I'll need your help."
"Char, Char-mander!" He said, determined to help.
We both turned and ran towards the door as one of the other scientists opened it. "Professor Sycamore, there's a crowd of people out-WAH!"
He jumped out of the way as me and Charmander sped past him with no intent of stopping. Luckily he was alright as I had no time to do anything then yell back a quick apology.
From my study the two of us made a sharp right towards a door that led to the emergency staircase. Charmander beat me to the door however and with his rash nature he just tackled the door and knocked it off it's hinges. Taking it down for good before he went for the staircase.
I'll have to remind him that it's a simple push door later.
I followed suit through the now empty doorway as I ran up the flights of stairs with Charmander now an entire set of stairs ahead of me. And as he got up to the roof's doorway, I heard him destroy that door as well.
As I finally came upon the door that wasn't just knocked out of place, but shattered to wooden bits. Still, this only earned my attention for a few seconds as I looked ahead to see a wild Gastly floating around the side of the side of the roof, looking a bit satisfied with itself.
"What is that thing?!" A young man's voice yelled out for dear life.
The young man!
"Hang on, I'll be right there!"
"Very funny!" He retorted. Okay, so maybe that was a bad choice of words. Wow, I'm having terrible luck with talking to others today...
Charmander glared at the Gastly before charging at it.
"Wait! Charmander!" But it was too late as he tried to use rage against it. And as a result, he just phased through the Gastly and fell flat to the ground. Bumping his nose against the ground.
The Gastly turned towards him and started laughing before he realized my presence on the roof. His humorous smile then frowned in fear as he saw me pull out Garchomp's Pokéball.
So, without having to even bring out Garchomp, Gastly floated away and disappeared through a neighboring building's wall.
I sighed in relief whereas Charmander got up and started yelling in the direction Gastly had fled. But ignoring that for now, I ran over towards the ledge and saw the young man struggling to keep a grip on the ledge.
"Alright, the Gastly's gone!" I told him as I got down and grabbed a hold of his right arm to help pull him up. "Grab hold!"
He looked towards his left arm and very hesitantly let go and quickly grabbed a hold of my arm in desperate attempt to get back up.
Sadly I had realized very quickly that I was, just barely, not strong enough to pull him up. "Okay, slight problem..."
"Slight?! I'm hangin' off the edge of the roof here!" The boy said, not taking this situation well enough to calm down.
"Hold on, I'll be right over!" A female voice announced as she ran over towards us. Looking off to the side for a split-second I recognized Officer Jenny as she grabbed a hold of the boy's other hand and helped me pull him up.
He tried to pull one of his legs up above the side and once doing so successfully, it was no problem at all to save him.
The audience below broke out in cheering and applause as the boy tried to catch his breath from all the surprise that he had just experienced.
"What has gotten into you?!" Jenny began to scold as she glared at the boy. "You have so much life ahead of you, why would you risk it with a dangerous stunt like that?!"
"Do you think I want to be up here before the sun's even up for the day?!" He asked in complete disbelief. Also, the sun was already up, but since it was only eight in the morning I don't think he meant that literally.
It was then that I noticed that he was in sleepwear instead of normal everyday clothes. A pair of sweatpants, a grey T-shirt, and no shoes. No socks either. It was as if he had just gotten out of bed.
"Look, lady, I don't where I am or what happened okay? All I can tell you is that I woke up with that black and purple...Smoke-thing in my face! It wouldn't go away, I couldn't knock it knock it away, and it eventually trapped me against the side of this roof! And since there wasn't a rail or anything, I tripped and was hanging on for dear life."
"Hm..." Officer Jenny put a finger to her chin as she pondered his words before eventually turning to me. "Professor, can you confirm any of this?"
"Yes. As me and Charmander came up, we spotted the Gastly bothering him." I told her with a nod.
"Well that does match up with the recent reports we've been getting lately. A Gastly that's been coming and disturbing males whenever asleep..." She said, going over that recent rumor. A rumor that's been going on ever since the rumor of a ghostly human-figure in one of the office buildings was brought to attention once again.
"Still, that doesn't explain what you're doing up here." Jenny said, bringing focus back on the boy. "I'm glad that this wasn't anything like a suicide attempt, but how do you think your family's going to respond when I tell them that you snuck into Professor Sycamore's Lab?!"
"W-What?!" He suddenly turned very pale as he held up his hands in defense from the Officer's glare. "I-I didn't-"
"It's alright miss, the young lad's with me." I told her with a happy smile. He said that he had been attacked by that Gastly. And if the story's correct, that means he really was asleep up here. No trespasser or thief in the right mind would ever sneak into the lab just to sleep on the cold concrete of the roof.
"Huh?!" He turned to me as I quickly flashed him a hopeful grin. "Y-Yeah, I had been staying at his lab...To help him out with his recent discovery!" He lied. Very well I may add.
"My name's Alex." He said, suddenly standing at attention. "And sorry if I acted a bit too angry at you. I did just wake up a while ago after all..." He said with a bit of guilt in his voice.
"Well, I suppose I owe you an apology as well for accusing you of sneaking into his lab. I guess I'm still on edge from the events of that Garchomp incident from a few days ago." She said with a sigh.
"Well now that we're all safe, I'd say we better get off the roof before we freeze. Especially you Alex. After all, you have a lot of work to do today." I told him with a smile.
"Right..." He said with a frown, acting disappointed to help go along with the little lie I had created.
Now that I think about it, if he tries to keep up with this lie then I may just have to present that 'recent discovery' he mentioned to everyone...Gulp...
"I guess I'll get going then. Glad to see everyone's okay." Jenny then turned to me with a small frown. "And Professor, I think you may want to take his advice into consideration. With no railing, someone else could easily trip and fall off the edge."
"Not a very fun thing to experience, I'll tell ya that much..." Alex said, glancing back at the edge.
"Oh. R-Right..." Alright, I get the hint. Railings. I guess it isn't too much to ask of me.
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