Writing Short Story Competition #2

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What is it?

This is basically a monthly competition where people submit short stories based on a common theme. Once the entry period is over, your stories will be subjected to a public vote, where the writer of the most popular story will be crowned as the champion for the month!

Rules

The rules are pretty simple here.

1) Standard forum rules apply.
2) Your story must have some relevance to the theme given.
3) Your story can be no shorter than 750 words, and no longer than 3,000.
4) The story must be related to Pokemon.
5) You must submit your story to me, via PM.
6) Your story will need a title

How do I enter?

The entry period starts now and ends in three weeks time, on July 26th. You must submit your work to me via PM, as all entries will be posted in this thread anonymously (so only me and the author know who wrote them). Once the three weeks are up, no more will be accepted. The remaining week will be the voting period (I will expand on how voting works when the time comes).

This months theme is...

"An unexpected twist"

That's all I am giving you for a theme. How should this be interpreted? Is a character in your story not all what they seem? Will there be a ground breaking discovery that nobody ever predicted? Up to you, folks!
 
Looks interesting; I'll see what I can come up with in the couple of weeks that I have.
 
Mystery Author #1 said:
Vaporeon sighed and put down the phone. She had been trying to call her friends to see if they wanted to have some fun with her, but as usual, they were "busy" or not home. She knew they were lying. For some reason, lately they had been avoiding her, as if something had changed about her. She couldn't figure it out.

Vaporeon lived in a Pokemon town named Berin. She had lived her whole life there, right from when she hatched as an Eevee. She was a good girl, never lied, did well in school, yadayada, etc. Her parents were always busy running the Pokemart, so she had a lot of time to herself. She lived a pretty normal life.

Until that day.

It all started when Vaporeon was sitting down on the couch, watching TV. Well, not really watching. She was more just staring at the screen in utter boredom. Suddenly, the phone rang. She picked it up.

"Hello?" asked Vaporeon into the phone. She hoped it was one of her friends calling.

"Hey girlfriend!" said Roserade in response. Vaporeon sighed in relief. Roserade was her total BFFFL. They had been friends ever since they were an Eevee and Budew.

"So, I got your message," said Roserade excitedly. "Meet me in the park right away." Then she hung up.

Vaporeon was excited. She quickly got up, wrote a quick note to her parents, and left. The park was only a few blocks down, so she rode her bike there.

It was a beautiful day outside. The Tailows were chirping. The Bellosoms were dancing. The sun was shining bright enough to get the meanest of Mightyenas in a good mood. Vaporeon felt nothing could go wrong.

Well, she was wrong.

She parked her bike next to the Seel fountain in the park and looked up to see Roserade waving at her she waved back as she ran over and sat down to chat with her.

Those two talked about everything girls talk about. Hair, makeup, cute boys, new cell phones, all that stuff.

But they were interrupted by some rustling in the bushes. The two ran over to investigate.

Peering from behind the bushes, they spotted two Weavile murmuring to each other. It looked pretty fishy. They paid close attention to what the Weavile were saying.

"So, you're sure the energy scanner picked it up?" asked the first Weavile. "Yes sir," the second one said, "our scientists have confirmed that there is the egg in the cave in Mount Windstorm. The rumor is true."

Then it hit her. Those two Weavile were members of the WOO, or the Weavile Overlord Organization. They were a bunch of evil Weavile trying to take over the world. And the egg they were talking about was the Egg of Ultimate. The Egg of Ultimate was a rumor of a mystical egg hidden somewhere in the world that held a Pokemon that had the power to save the world.

Or destroy it.

"Oh my gosh!" exclaimed Vaporeon. "Roserade, there going to take over the wor-". She stopped when she realized Roserade was gone. She had no idea why. But that was typical Roserade.

The Weavile were leaving now. "Well, looks like it's all up to me," said Vaporeon. She went to get her bike, then headed in the direction of Mount Windstorm.

Vaporeon had forgotten how far away it was. It was about an hour by bike. She decided to go anyway. When she arrived, she noticed the Weavile were already there. They started ascending the mountain.

"Good," thought Vaporeon, "I'll just follow them and they'll lead me right to it" She began to follow them.

It was a long climb up the mountain. Vaporeon was getting tired, and she could see the Weavile were too. She was relieved when she saw the cave up ahead.

The Weavile went inside it. Their flashlights flickered on to illuminate the darkness. Vaporeon realized that she had no way of seeing through the pitch black darkness. She would just have to put out her paws and hope for the best. She carefully walked into the cave.

Inside the cave, Vaporeon into walls and rocks before she saw a light ahead. She thought it was the Weaviles' flashlights, but she was amazed to find that it was the illumination from the Egg of Ultimate. She peered inside to find the Weavile already there.

"OK," the leader Weavile said, "We'll take this egg and control it to be our ultimate weapon of destruction.

"Now's my chance," thought Vaporeon. She jumped out from her hiding place, surprising all the Weavile.

"I heard about you're little plan," said Vaporeon, "and I can't let you have that egg."

"Get her!" shouted the leader as all the Weavile charged at Vaporeon. "She must not stop our plans!"

The Weavile pounced, but Vaporeon was ready. She defeated them with Water Gun after Water Gun. They were actually pretty weak. The only ones left were Vaporeon and the Weavile leader, both ready to charge.

But suddenly, the egg started to glow even brighter, blinding both of them. There were now large cracks in the egg.

"It's gonna hatch!" exclaimed Vaporeon, as both she and the Weavile leader dove for cover while the egg cracked all the way through and shot out a big burst of energy.

There was now silence in the cave again. Both Pokemon looked at each other, then looked up at where the egg used to be. Sitting there was a Pokemon, sitting there in silence as Weavile and Vaporeon looked in awe.

"It's...."

"a...."

"MAGIKARP!" they both exclaimed at once in shock. "So the rumor isn't true," said the Weavile, "there was no ultimate Pokemon in that egg, just a stupid Magikarp!"

The Magikarp slapped him with it's tail.

"So now what?" the Weavile asked Vaporeon. "I dunno," Vaporeon replied.

So......they just......left.

The End.
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No need to say "I'll join" guys, anybody can enter whenever they feel like it. Please read the OP for further info.
 
And PM it to scampy. DON'T post it here.

dmaster out.
 
Mystery Author #2 said:
"It sure is a peaceful day for a walk, isn't it?" Ash asked Pikachu. Pikachu stopped briefly, scanned the area before looking back at Tails.
"Pika!" Pikachu replied. The two continued walking. Little did they know, they were being following by Team Rocket.
"Should we capture the Pokemon now, sir?" James asked.
"No, not yet. Knock out the boy and THEN take the Pikachu!" Giovanni replied. Communication between the two was then cut. Team,Rocket stalked their prey as they ventured deeper into the forest.

"Okay, Pokemon, check" Tracey said, checking that the Pokemon Prof. Oak keeps safe. It was his sworn duty to protect them.
"Brock, not check" Tracey replied, sighing. Brock was also forced to protect the Pokemon with Tracey, but he was late, as usual.
"Probably, flirting with a Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny, that slowpoke" Tracey said bitterly to himself. Brock has no girlfriend and flirted with every pretty girl he laid his eyes on. Ash was in the same boat. Tracey briefly dated Misty, only to find out she liked Ash more. But, Ash hated Misty, so she was stuck in a no-win situation.
"Tracey, I'm here. Sorry I'm late!" Brock said, running up to Knuckles.
"Your 30 minutes late" Tracey replied, tapping his foot.
"Sorry, dude. I had some things to take care of" Brock replied.
"Oh? Do these "things" involve a "Nurse Joy" or an "Officer Jenny"?" Brock retorted.
"No! I just took the bus here. A slow bus" Brock replied, nervously. Tracey could see right through his lie. Suddenly, Knuckles wristwatch rung.
"Tracey? It's me Ash. I'm going to swing by to drop off Pikachu. He's anxious to be there , so we'll be heading your way" Ash stated.
"Okay, roger" Tracey replied, ending his conversation with Ash.
"It'll be good to see Ash again. How's Pikachu been doing?" Brock asked.
"Ash keeps me informed. He has gotten stronger. But he likes to fall asleep in gardens. All these flowers and trees. He feels like completely relaxed. Like he's in a zen garden" Tracey stated.
"That sounds really sweet" Brock replied, "But I can't help but think"
"Think what?" Tracey asked.
"Something bad is going to happen to those two. And I know who will be behind it" Brock replied. This caused Tracey reaction to become very worrisome.


"We're not that far away from the Lab!" Ash said, excitedly, with Pikachu close behind
"Pika! Pika! Pikachu!" Pikachu replied
(Translation: "Easy! We'll get there! Besides, Brock and Tracey are guarding them, so it's not like they'llgo anywhere!".) Ash and Pikachu ran right into Team Rocket. They didn't know they were stalking them through the forest.
"Team Rocket!" Ash shouted angrily.
"I'm Jessie!" Jessie said.
"I'm James" James said.
"Let's not forget me, Meowth!" Meowth chimed in.
"We're going to capture Pikachu!" they all replied at the same time
"Pikachu, run!" Ash ordered.
"Oh no you don't!" Meowth replied, chasing after Pikachu. Ash attacked Meowth, but he swung him away with a Slash and Ash hit a rock, getting knocked out cold. With in an instant of that, Jessie and James grabbed Pikachu and teleported back to Giovanni's base.


"This is bad news!" Prof. Oak stated.
"What do you mean?" Brock asked.
"Team Rocket stole Pikachu!" Prof. Oak replied.
He turned to Tracey and they both replied,
"PIKACHU!"
"You guys better go over there. I'll be here to keep the Pokemond safe. After all this is MY lab" Prof. Oak replied.
"Thank you so very much, Prof. Oak" Brock replied as they both ran off to where Ash was.


"Psst, Ash" Brock asked, "Ash". Brock tried again. Ash opened his eyes.
"Ohh....my head" Ash said, rubbing his head.
"It's okay. Your safe now" Tracey replied.
"But where's Pikachu!?" Ash shouted.
"He's been taken by Team Rocket" Brock replied, solemnly.
"We have to rescue him!" Ash shouted.
"This will take all of us to defeat Team Rocket and save Pikachu!" Tracey replied.
"We need all of our combined powers to save him!" Brock replied.
"Hey guys. What'cha doing?" Max asked.
"Max, Pikachu has been kidnapped" Ash stated.
"What? Not Pikachu!" Max replied, shocked.
"Believe it. Giovanni probably has something sinister planned" Tracey said, softly.
"Count me in!" Max stated boldly.
"Okay, Max. We need to get the Pokemon Federation team of May, Dawn and Misty. Plus, we might need some Pokemon help" Brock stated.
"Not sure all our Pokemon will help" Ash replied.
"Giovanni's too powerful. If he gets a hold of Pikachu, he can make him infinitely powerful" Brock replied.
So, Ash, Tracey, Brock and even Max made their way to the see Dawn, May and Misty.


Pikachu found himself, in a small, cramped jail cell. It has a barred window and a simple mirror. The mirror showed his sorrowful, scared reflection.
"Pika, Pika. Pikachu" (Please Ash, come find me) Pikachu weeped sorrowfully. A guard came barging into Pikachu's cell.
"Time for your transformation" the guard said, grabbing Pikachu by the collar.
"Pika!" (Let me go!) Pikachu shouted, struggling to get free.
"Too late. Once Giovanni's through with you, he'll have his ultimate weapon!" the guard stated. Pikachu gasped as he was let into the lab room.
"Ah, Pikachu! So good to see you!" Giovanni said, warmly.
"Pika! Pika!" (Let me go, you quack!) Pikachu replied, bitterly.
"Quack? That's no way to talk to your future master!" Giovanni replied, sorta sweetly. Pikachu stuck out his tongue.
"Enough! Time for you to turn to the dark side!" Giovanni shouted. His henchmen stuck various wires to her body. But first, they needed to get the wires under his fur.
"Do it in a way that doesn't freak people out and keeps this story a mild PG-13 rating" Giovanni stated. Soon, the guards were done attaching wires to Pikachu's body.
"Pikachu, my child. You have an infinite power source. If I can tap into that, you'll be my greatest weapon, and I can finally defeat those blasted Trainers once and for all!" Giovanni shouted.
"Pika Pika! Pika!" (You'll never get away with this!) Pikachu shouted.
"Too late!" Giovanni replied in a sweet tone, pressing the button. In a flash, Pikachu gave out a powerful scream.



"Open up!" Brock shouted, banging on the door. The door opened
"Yes, Brock?" May replied.
"We need your help!" Tracey replied.
"With what?" May asked.
"Pikachu's been abducted!" Ash shouted.
"He has?" Misty asked, hearing the whole conversation.
"Duh, my name is Max!" Max blurted out. Everyone just stared at him.
"Okay. We'll help you. Our Pokemon are here, too" May replied.
"Good" Brock replied.


As the machine whirred on, the wires emitted a shadowy color. Deep in the bowels of Pikachu’s heart were the horrors of the various enemies he faced. All the destruction they casued. That blasted Ash.

“Sir, you should see this!” one guard told Giovanni.

“Hmm?” Giovanni wondered. The levels were staying the same but the rage and anger inside Pikachu were building like a volcano. Waiting to show the world his true colors. Suddenly, Pikachu's body began to change. His fur turned pitch black. The tips of his ears turned snow white. His fangs grew and stretched out of his mouth. His once beaming eyes turned bright red. His once fragile hands, turned into small, but firm fists.
"I've done it!" Giovanni shouted. Pikachu, in a fit of rage destroyed the machine.
"Pikachu? Can you hear me?" Giovanni asked.
"Pika, Pika" (Yes, my master) Pikachu replied, almost like a drone.
"Excellent! Now take this outfit!" Giovanni replied, giving Pikachu an black headband with a red "R" and Team Rocket Pokemon outfit. He got a black shirt with a red "R" and small black pants.
"Tomorrow, we start your training" Giovanni stated.
"Pika. Pika" (Yes, my master) Pikachu replied.

Giovanni wanted to change Pikachu's image. He also wanted to call him "The Black Mouse".

"Pikachu, it's time for your training" Giovanni stated.
"Pika. Pikachu" (Yes, my master) Pikachu replied. Pikachu got up and followed him. Giovanni led Pikachu into a room with thick, metal walls.
"Break this wall for me" Giovanni stated, pointing to the wall in front of Pikachu. Pikachu clenched his small fists.
"Pikachu" (With pleasure) Pikachu replied. He put so much power into it, that the wall completely shattered.
"It worked! I did it!" Giovanni shouted.
"Pikachu. Pika. Pikapika. Pikachu" (You sure did my master. Your a genius for unlocking what was deep inside me) Pikachu replied.
"When that "Ash" gets here, oh boy, will HE have a surprise waiting for him!" Giovanni stated.
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Mystery Author #3 said:
Cerulean Dreams

It had been what, six years now since Misty left the traveling group with Ash and Brock to temporarily fill in for her three big sisters at the Cerulean City Gym, and well, not a lot had happened. Misty had fully grown up, being nineteen years old now, and that was about all that changed. Her sisters were still as girly and immature as ever, preferring their water ballets over gym battles. But Misty found that suited her well, as she proved to be one of the toughest gym leaders of the Kanto region. During the last Kanto Gym Leader tournament, she even finished second, having lost to LT. Surge in the preliminaries, but she had also beaten Janine and Blaine, and then somehow managed to beat that shady Viridian City Gym Leader who called himself Giovanni. She couldn't stand up to the psychic powers of Sabrina's Alakazam however. Not that she minded.

Her reputation had spread across Kanto, and many a battler came to visit the Cerulean gym - often enough being disappointed in themselves as Misty had no troubles dispatching the average opponent. Her last opponent was particulary confident, thinking her water Pokémon would stand no chance against his Raichu, Leafeon and Crobat. However, when Misty's Kingdra (who had evolved from the Horsea she caught during her adventures throughout Kanto) dispatched of Raichu, the boy's confidence quickly sank down. Leafeon and Crobat then got beaten by Gyarados and Corsola, leaving the boy almost in tears. After Misty commented that he was a good battler and should try again soon after a bit of training, she escorted him towards the centre. Always a kind word.

The boy however reminded her of someone she had been missing for the past few years. She would never admit it, but she missed her journeys with those two immature boys. It had been six years now, and during all those years, they only met up once, and never did they even bother to visit the Cerulean gym. Misty left out a sigh at thinking about it, but she wouldn't complain. After all, she never really tried to keep in touch, although lately she had been texting a bit back and forth, trying to rejuvenate the contact a bit. It had even sparked somewhat of a text romance, as one would say it. Many a text message had been ended with a 'xxx kisses love you" from both sides. But Misty knew that she would still be alone.

Until this day. When sitting in the centre waiting for nurse Joy to return with her Pokémon, Misty heard her phone playing her favorite tune. A text message from him! Her heart jumped as it always did when recieving those messages, and she opened her phone.

"Hi misty, am back @ kanto now. im gonna be @ ur gym 2morrow afternoon, k? txt bck if cant. xoxox love u"

Misty almost screamed from pure joy! He would finally be back, and was on his way to Cerulean? She sent a message back that she would be awaiting for him, and set the time for the date on six o'clock in the evening. Oh, she couldn't wait already. Only one more day...

"Misty? Hello, Misty? Earth to Misty, anyone home?" Misty jumped up, realizing nurse Joy was yelling at her. "Jeez girl, I haven't seen you dreamy like that in ages. I tried to tell you your Pokémon are fully healed but it was almost like you were dreaming. What's up girl". Joy asked her with her ever friendly smile. "Oh I'm sorry Joy, it's just that..." She started to heavily blush, telling Joy enough. "It's okay Misty, I know how long you've been waiting. Six years by now, right?" Misty nodded as she recieved her Pokémon back. "Yeah, it has been far too long. But tomorrow evening he'll finally visit again." With that, she skipped off.

When she arrived home, her sisters were in the pool, as always during the evenings. She just skipped past the pool towards her room, when Violet grabbed her arm. "Hold up lil sis, I totally want to know what you're so happy about now, I havent seen you so happy in like forever you know?" Lily chimed in "Yeah, its like so different from your usual grumpy self, we have got to know what is going on." Daisy gave at least some respite to Misty, ending the three-pronged interrogation quickly enough. "Calm down girls, Misty will tell us whenever she feels like, right sis?" She added with a wink. Misty nodded. "Thanks Daisy, and as for my two other sisters, if you really have to know, I'm having a date tomorrow night." She quickly walked away as Violet and Lily tried to squeeze more information out of her, but thankfully Daisy was more mature then those two and held them back, giving Misty the time to move to her own room where she jumped on her bed. "Ooooh, tomorrow, what to wear, what to dooo" she mused, as she looked into her closet. Twenty-four hours suddenly seemed so short.

Naturally, the day in which she would finally have her long awaited day would try to do everything to work against her. First she overslept due to a power outage resetting her alarm clock, there was nothing left for breakfast making her go to the store an additional time, and she had more gym challengers then ever before, at least it did look that way. And to top it all off, her final opponent used a Snorlax, who would use Rest all the time, dragging the battle out far too long before it finally fell. Misty dashed off to the Pokémon centre, noting it was already five o'clock. She ran up to nurse Joy and gave her her Pokéballs, and asked "Do you mind if I come pick them up tomorrow? I'm in a hurry". Joy nodded and tried to answer, but Misty already ran off yelling "Thank you Joy, see you tomorrow" as she made her way out of the centre.

When she got home, it was already thirty to six. She made for a quick shower and fixed her hair, binding it in two simple yet elegant looking ponytails. She put on her red kimono-remniscent dress which she had bought earlier for a festival, but it would suffice for a date as well. As she was putting in her earrings, Daisy knocked on her door. "Misty, I don't want to hurry you but I believe there's a visitor for you." Her heart jumped, she had been too late to welcome him. "I'm coming" she told Daisy, and finished putting in her earrings. She wrapped it up with a pearl necklace and then made her way out of her room, gracefully making her way towards the entrance of the gym.

There he was. For years they hadn't seen each other, but the faint contact at least kept their hearts connected. They had always kept their little romance a secret, but now that they were both adults, that need wouldn't be there anymore. Slowly but gracefully she walked up to him. "Well hello there Misty, it has been far too long. My, you look so stunningly beautiful." He said, causing Misty to blush. "You've grown up to be a fine man yourself, if I may say so." She looked at him. A casual yet sharp looking white suit seemed to fit his tanned body perfectly. "Hello Brock. I missed you so much." She said, falling into his arms.
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It's Ok Bob, I only needed the word count for that one story. If I need another word count, I'll let ya know. :)

Another entry!

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