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Unova Story Prolouge: A New Journey Begins |
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Not too long ago did Lucas conquer the Kanto, thwarting the evil rule of team rocket. Lucas's accomplishments paved a way for Alyssa and her team of steel types in the Johto region. The two soon came face to face with with each other atop of Mt. Silver. In a not too distant land, Raji made his new home in the Sinnoh region, taming the Pokemon there and saving the world from temporal mayhem. Now a new journey will begin with the oldest member of the Liger family...
A new world... New pokemon... new rivals and challenges...
A new quest.
Looking over his cluttered room in the early morning, Marcus Liger prepares for what would be the greatest adventure known to man (or at least to him). He packs his bags knowing that he would probably not be back for a long time. The feeling of a brand new adventure fills his soul with a passionate longing for this unknown world. He is sure to grab extra clothes and a little cash for his journey. He stops for a moment, picking up a picture frame that was underneath dirty clothes. He traces over the golden frame and smiles at the image of his family each holding their first Pokemon. In the picture were his father and mother, with their Pokémon Persian and Houndoom, standing behind Raji ( age 8 ) with his meowth, Lucas ( age 15 ) with his wartortle, and even the family stalker Alyssa ( age 14 ) with her magnemite; Marcus was seventeen at the time this was taken. He sets the picture family back up and throws his sling bag over his back.
As he heads for the door something catches his eye. "Wait... I'm gonna need these!" He goes over to his desk and picks up his boat tickets, finally ready for an adventure in... The Unova region!
When he leaves the house, he is met by their father, Galon, who had offered to give him a ride to the ship harbor. He smiles, thanking the older male as he steps in the white truck. He looks back at the old house that he had grown up in, finding it rather odd that he had stayed there for so long while his younger siblings had all the fun. Now that time was over, he was finally going to have his own well awaited journey into the world of Pokémon.
As the vehicle drove through the landscape of Fuchsia City to Vermillion City, Marcus looked over at the younger children and their pokemon battling, walking, taking naps. He sighed remembering how it was when Lucas set out at the age of thirteen leaving him (age 15) and Raji (age 6) with their parents. His mind then wondered off to how Raji (age 14) had gotten a free trip to explore the Sinnoh region from doing so well in Breeder School. He sighed once more and looked over to the driver.
"So the old man is finally leaving the nest."
"Real funny dad... you know I couldn't leave you alone with Raji, with mom gone and all." There was a brief moment of silence as the two unconsciously thought back on beauty known as Kacey and the life that she brought to their old two story cottage, located just on the out skirts of Fuchsia City.
Galon was the first to speak after that, continuing his thought. "Yeah, well... thanks." He reached over and ruffled the young man's long black hair, a recessive gene that Marcus had acquired from his mother, mixed with the black of Galon’s hair color. "I still can't believe that you're leaving me all alone!" The old man of now 45 years felt himself begin to sob, finally able to get 'empty nest' syndrome.
"DAD!?" He said as he swatted the hand away. He pulled a comb out of his bag and fixed his hair back to the way that it was.
"I'm... I'm just so proud of all of my boys." He sniffed, trying to focus more on the road. "You all are out making something of yourselves! If only your mother could be here to see you off as well." This triggered another moment of silence and made the rest of the ride a silent one.
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After a long drive of reminiscing, the duo had pulled into the port city of Vermilion City. Marcus stepped out of the car and headed towards the bridge to the boat. His dad came up and grabbed his arm, pulling him into a big hug.
He began to speak through his now evident tears. "Remember, you will always have a home here..." Tears started to build, making a nice wet spot on Marcus's green jacket. "Both your mother and I are proud of you and all that you've done for this family."
Marcus embraced his dad starting to tear up as well. "Thanks dad..." He took this as a moment to break off the emotional hug. He patted his father on the shoulder and stepped out onto the wooden bridge towards the massive white cruise ship.
"And son… I love you!"
Marcus stopped in mid-step and turned back to his dad. "I... I love you to dad."
"And son! Be sure to take lots of pictures and send them to me... I probably won't put them in a scrapbook, but I'd at least like to see what you're seeing!"
"Will do..." He chuckled at how his dad seemed to be acting like both a mom and a dad, alternating between the two with each time he opened his mouth. Marcus approached to final stretch and passed his ticket to the sailor at the ticket booth and then stepped onto the main deck.
---Father's prospective--
Galon waited and watched as the ship pulled off, leaving a trail of white smoke billowing behind the vessel from large black smoke stacks. He closed his eyes and clasped his hands together. "Hope you can see this my dear. All of our children have left on their own adventures. Please watch over them and bring them home safely… one day."
Wiping away the remaining tears, the father of three boys and widower to a great contest coordinator stepped back into his little white truck and drove back home alone and in silence. Once he reached home, he was greeted by the barks of the family houndoom, a frisky big dog with the mind of a puppy, a result of how spoiled it was.
"Houn... HOUNDOOM!!!"
"Hey boy..." He squats down and scratches the dog behind his horns. He then stands up, making his way into the quiet house. Once inside he was greeted by an audible meow from his own pokemon, a rather lazy persian.
"Puuuuuursian"
Houndoom sneaks in behind Galon and made his way up the stairs to his spot within Raji's old room.
"And then there were two..." Galon makes his way to a rather large recliner in the tv room and turns on the large device. The cat pokemon crawls near and cuddles around Galon’s feet, making them since and toasty as he turns to the news to see what else was going on in the world around him.
 -InsertEgoHere- Liger · Thu Mar 03, 2011 @ 04:28pm · 3 Comments |
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