Pokémon Guided By The Unknown

[CuteBunnyGirl]

This is a fic I've been talking about on discord for a while now. While I have lost interest in continuing it, I will still be publishing the existing content. I hope it won't be too disappointing for you to know this will most likely never be finished.

Content warnings: This story includes some dark themes such as manipulation, betrayal and human ghosts. If there is any more content warnings that should be added, let me know.

 

[CuteBunnyGirl]

Chapter 1 - All journeys have to start somewhere

Sequo woke up and walked downstairs. As he was walking down the stairs, he wondered if his mother would remember the promise she had made to him. Would this be the day he’d receive his starter pokemon? And what would it be like?

“Good morning, Sequo.”

He could hear his mother saying this. He was excited, yet nervous. Would she even remember? After all, it had been a while since she’d made that promise to him.

“Do you know what day it is?”

His mother asked. Now he knew she remembered. However, he decided to act unaware just to see her reaction.

“Um… Tuesday?”

“Yes, but that’s not what I meant. Today is the day I promised you’d receive your starter pokemon.”

He heard what she said and he started to get really excited. What would his starter pokemon be? Would it be useful in battle?

“Let’s go outside, I’ll show it to you there.”

He followed her outside to the yard. Celestic Town was a beautiful place, it was known to be the town that preserves the Sinnoh region’s history. It made sense why his mother would live here, after all, she was known as the researcher of myths.

“Come on out, Gible!”

She said, sending out a small blue shark-like pokemon from her pokeball. This was a pokemon he knew very well, as it was just like the pokemon his mother had used, even evolving it into a powerful Garchomp. And this pokemon was his now.

“I’ll call you Fin!”

He said. It was pretty clear that the two would end up forming a great bond. Now, it was time for him to prove himself and follow in his mother's footsteps. It was time for him to start the journey to become the champion, just like his mother, Cynthia, the champion of the Sinnoh region.

Maybe he could even become as strong as, or maybe even stronger than his older sister, Duca, who was known as one of the strongest trainers from the Unova region.

 

[CuteBunnyGirl]

Chapter 2 - The first battle

A few days after obtaining his starter, Sequo was traveling through the rocky route known as Route 211. The route was located west of Celestic Town, and it would lead to Eterna City, the place where Gardenia’s gym was located.

His bag was packed with useful items such as pokeballs, potions and other things that he would most likely need throughout his journey.

Suddenly, another pokemon appeared behind a nearby rock. He looked at the pokedex he had also received from his mother. It showed the pokemon was a rock/ground type named Geodude, a fairly common pokemon in the Sinnoh Region’s rocky areas.

This would be his first pokemon battle. While he had seen pokemon battles on TV, the experience was always different to actually lead a pokemon into one.

“Go, Fin! Use bite!”

He commanded with a confident voice, sending out his first partner pokemon.

As the Gible bit its teeth into Geodude’s body, the attack dealt a bit of damage, but not enough to win him the battle yet. Meanwhile, the Geodude used rollout to begin rolling at the Gible. As the move’s power would increase the longer the battle took, he had to think of a plan quickly enough.

However, Sequo was not completely out of options.

“Fin, use dig!”

The Gible burrowed under the ground, leaving the Geodude wondering where it had gone.

“Use twister!”

As the Gible resurfaced out of the ground, swiftly creating a vortex of draconic energy to eventually knock out the Geodude. The Geodude fainted on the ground, defeated.

“Good job.”

He could hear a voice talking to him. He looked around, but there was no one but him to see in the area.

“Who said that?”

He asked, but there was no response. Maybe he had just imagined it, and it probably wouldn’t end up being a big deal anyway.

 

[CuteBunnyGirl]

Chapter 3 - First step of the ladder

It had been about a week after the start of Sequo’s journey through Sinnoh. He had now arrived in Eterna City, the place where his first gym battle would take place. This was the first of the eight gyms, first step of the ladder on his journey to become the champion.

As he walked through the doors of the gym, he could see a large florally decorated interior with a sign next to the doors he’d walked through.

“Find me in the field of flowers and we can have a gym battle.”

The sign read. He noticed that the flower field began from right behind the gym. He quickly began searching, but found only other trainers. He had to battle them in order to receive hints of the gym leader Gardenia’s location.

In the middle of the floral field, he could see one more trainer. This was a different trainer from the other ones he’d fought. This was the gym leader, Gardenia.

“You have found me. Impressive. Now, let’s battle!”

Gardenia stated, bringing out her pokeballs. However, before the battle started, there was one more question she asked from Sequo.

“How many gym badges do you have?”

“I don’t have any yet. This is my first gym battle.”

He responded, hoping the gym leader would go easy on him. Despite being the son of the champion, he still had a long way to go before he could become a powerful trainer. He got what he’d hoped for was answered, as Gardenia replied:

“Fine then, I’ll go easy on you. Go, Rose!”

She sent out a small floral pokemon with flower-like hands. He used his pokedex and found out the pokemon was known as Roselia, a grass type pokemon.

“Go, Fin! Use twister!”

The Gible created a swift and powerful vortex of draconic energy to damage the Roselia, but the battle was not over, it was nowhere close to over.

“Rose, use leech seed!”

The Roselia’s move didn’t appear to do anything at first, simply sending small seeds at the Gible. However, the seeds began to slowly sap away at Fin’s strength. This was an intelligent strategy, but it would only work if the Roselia would last long enough in the battle.

“Fin, use dig!”

Sequo remembered how well the strategy had worked against the geodude earlier, therefore, he used the strategy again. The Gible burrowed underground, leaving the Roselia wondering where it was. It tried to use poison powder at the ground, but the attack missed.

“Use dragon claw!”

As the Gible resurfaced behind the Roselia on the ground, it enhanced its claws with draconic energy to knock out the Roselia and win him the battle.

“Impressive, you’ve won the gym badge of Eterna City!”

Gardenia said, impressed by Sequo’s battling skills. Sequo was proud of himself. This was the first step for him to follow his mother’s footsteps and become the champion.

 

[CuteBunnyGirl]

Chapter 4 - A mysterious voice

Soon after defeating Gardenia and receiving his gym badge, Sequo looked at his phone. Someone was calling. And that someone was his mother, Cynthia.

“Hello, how’s your journey going? I heard from Gardenia you got your first gym badge, is that correct?”

Cynthia asked him.

“Yes, it’s going well. What Gardenia said is true, I did get my first gym badge just now.”

“That’s nice, may your journey also continue well.”

However, there was something he didn’t want to tell. It was about the mysterious voice he had heard. It was as if something was telling him to keep that part hidden.

After the call was over, he was preparing to take one more look at Eterna City before continuing his travels again.

The city was a fairly large one, at least larger than the little Celestic Town he lived in. There was a pokecenter and a shop like in most cities, and a gym like some other cities had as well. There was also a weird-looking building that was apparently formerly owned by Team Galactic.

But the most defining feature of the city was definitely the statue of a legendary pokemon at the center of the city. Some said it represented the pokemon of time, while some said it was meant to represent the pokemon of space.

“Ah, the statue. That statue is more of an attempt to combine various beliefs than a true replica of a legendary pokemon.”

A mysterious voice said. The voice was the same as the one he heard after defeating his first pokemon. It was a calm voice, almost resembling that of Cynthia.

“I can tell you’re wondering who I am. I go by many names, you may just call me a guide, as I will guide you towards the right path on your journey.”

He was unsure what to say. A guide? What was this mysterious voice? Was it to be trusted? And what did the voice even mean by guiding towards the right path? However, the voice didn’t sound evil or malicious, so maybe it was to be trusted. Sequo decided to trust it for now.

 

[CuteBunnyGirl]

Chapter 5 - Catching a pokemon

A few days after leaving Eterna City, Sequo was walking through a forest known as Eterna Forest. There was something he was planning to do, and that something was to catch a pokemon. After all, he needed a team of more than one pokemon. Gible couldn’t win all the battles alone.

A small leafy pokemon jumped out of the tall grass. He used his pokedex to find out the pokemon was Budew, a grass/poison type and an earlier evolution to Roselia, the pokemon Gardenia had used in the gym battle.

He threw a poke ball at the Budew, capturing the pokemon inside the poke ball. The poke ball shook once, then twice, but not a third time. The Budew broke out from the poke ball and escaped into the woods.

“You should first weaken the pokemon by using attacks before attempting to catch it.”

Someone said. However, it was not the mysterious voice he had heard before. When he looked around, he saw a girl with green hair and wearing a light green dress.

“Who are you?”

“My name is Cheryl, I’m a pokemon trainer. I’d say I know a thing or two about catching pokemon.”

Sequo knew that a pokemon should always be weakened before catching, but he had forgotten that in his excitement. After hearing the advice from Cheryl, Sequo started to follow it. He soon found another Budew nearby, deciding to battle it and weaken it first before catching it.

“Go, Fin! Use dig!”

As the Gible burrowed underground, the Budew was left confused as to where it was. The Budew attempted to use a move but the move missed.

“Fin, use twister!”

As the Gible resurfaced behind the Budew, it created a swift and powerful vortex of draconic energy, weakening the Budew enough to be caught.

Sequo threw another poke ball at the Budew. Once the pokemon was inside, the pokeball shook once, then twice, then a third time. He had caught the Budew.

“I’ll call you Flora!”