Like no one ever was...
Name: Wendy Etta
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Home Town: New Bark Town
Appearance: Wendy dresses in black jeans and long, long sleeved t-shirts or tunics, often with pokémon themed prints on the front. She carries a pendant on a leather string around her neck, being some sort of stone that can power up certain pokémon, at least according to her father. It's quite worn down though, and only glimpses of colors shimmering can be seen in cracks of the otherwise dull grey surface. Mostly it's her good luck charm.
She is a rather short and thin girl, with pale skin covered in freckles on her face and shoulders. Her hair is a light brown color and slightly wavy, ending just above her shoulders; she most often puts it up into two pigtails. Her emerald eyes can be like green fire if she catches your gaze in a tense moment, for example a battle. It bothers her that she's always been pretty frail and has to rely on pokémon to fight any physical battles for her.
Personality: Wendy is feisty and easily annoyed and riled up. However, her intensity can also be a strength, as it makes sure she never sits still or pauses in life. She really wants to be the very best pokémon trainer, and is willing to try anything to get stronger and capture more pokémon.
She can be a bit selfish and forget to care about what her friends want and need, but when she realized it, she feels really guilty and blames herself harshly. Similarly, she might focus a bit much on her own dreams and goals and forget what her pokémon really need and want once in a while. Hopefully she'll grow as a person as well as a trainer on this journey, though.
Her interests, apart from knowing as much as possible about pokémon types and moves, include listening to music and eating food. She's a strict vegetarian though - pokémon battling is fine, but killing another life for eating it? One day in the past, she simply decided that was wrong, and stuck by it.
Brief History: Life in New Bark was really slow and calm. Too slow and calm for a wild girl like Wendy. An understimulated only-child, she often argued with her parents about moving away, and at one point at the age of eight, she even ran away in the evening. Out on Route 29, it took a while before her anger settled and she realized how alone she was in the dark. A wild pokémon appeared, scaring her. But it didn't attack. Instead, it realized from where the girl had come, and gently led her back to the human settlement.
Ever since, Wendy has been fascinated with pokémon and always aspired to become a great pokémon trainer. Her father was also a trainer in his younger years, but was never spectacular and quit his training after he had completed a journey around Kanto, his home region. A few of his pokémon were kept as pets and companions in their household, the others had been given away to breeders, professors or other trainers to let the pokémon keep growing even if their trainer didn't want to go the same way.
When Wendy was finally old enough to join the Goldenrod Academy, she was probably the most energetic kid in the class. Her studies didn't go extremely well; she had trouble concentrating during lessons and didn't score fantastically high in exams. However, she did excel in the practical courses and was at the time of her graduation ranked as one of the academy's best battlers. Incredibly eager to finally get a pokémon of her own, she traveled home to New Bark (by mechanical transportation) to meet with the old dusty professor Elm...
Rival (optional): Might invent someone along the way, because that usually works better (:
Chosen Starter: Elekid
Nickname: Kiddo
Gender: Male
Moveset: Quick Attack | Discharge | Electroball | Thunderpunch
Pokémon's appearance: Not really, but Wendy will always recognize her Kiddo in a crowd of Elekids!
Roleplay Sample: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=9380346#9380346