chapter 1

"Arceus dammit, I hate my life." I sighed, as I walked back home from school. I had just wanted to talk to some of the neighborhood kids, maybe make some friends, something I can never do without being called a freak.

You see, I was born with a completely unheard of eye defect, which makes my eyes a crimson red color, and because of this, I have been called pretty much every name in the book. If that's not bad enough, the bullying had progressed from verbal to physical. Every day after school, I would have to sneak my way back home.

I had made it about halfway home, and was just passing by my mom's friend's house when a voice behind me made me flinch. It was the voice of the main bully from school.

"Hey freak, where you going!" I continued to walk, trying to get away from Greg. I had made it maybe eight steps before he called out his Bulbasaur and commanded it to use wrap on me. It hesitated for a few seconds before Greg kicked it and told it to use wrap.

As I was brought down, I could see the look of sadness in the Bulbasaur's eyes. I didn't blame him, he was just trying not to get hurt. Greg slowly walked up to me before punching me in the stomach, laughing.

"You look at me when I talk to you, bitch!" Greg said, as he punched me in the face. "With eyes like that, your mother must have fucked a Lucario!"

That was the last straw, I was not going to stand around and let this asshole disrespect my mom like that. With the little strength I had left, I turned my head towards his, and spit in his face, blood in my mouth from when he punched me. I instantly regretted it when he wrapped his hands around my neck and started to strangle me.

"HOW DARE YOU SPIT IN MY FACE BITCH!" Right as everything started to go black, I heard a slam, and a familiar female voice before everything went dark.

Two hours later

I slowly opened my eyes and looked around. I was in a cozy little room, in a small bed. I started to sit up when someone gently pushed me back down.

"Please stay down, you are still quite injured." I instantly recognized Gardenia's voice and started to relax, laying my head back down against the pillow, looking out the window. "W-what happened?" I asked, trying to remember what happened, and how I got here. All I know is that I am really sore.

"I found you on the ground outside, and Greg was choking you, I scared him off, and carried you here." Gardenia said with a frown on her face. With a scowl, I remember what he said to me.

'With eyes like that, your mother must have fucked a Lucario'

My eyes started to tear up, and I clenched my fists. Gardenia noticed this and gently hugged me. Then with a sigh she handed me her pokégear. "You need to call your mom and let her know where you are so she can pick you up." Said Gardenia, already dialing my mom and handing it to me.

I took a deep breath, and waited for my mother to answer. About five seconds later my mom's face showed up on the screen.

"Hey Gar- VOID?!"

"Hey mom, do you think you can pick me up?"

"WHAT HAPPENED!"

"Greg"

"Let me talk to Gardenia!"

As I handed the pokégear to her, she walked into the hallway. I could make out a few words, like finding me outside getting strangled, and how I should be told before I find out myself.

As if she knew I was listening, she looked at me, and then said goodbye to my mom. She gave me a long look, and then just shook her head. "Your mom will be here in a couple minutes." Gardenia said and smiled.

Five minutes later, my mom knocked, and opened the door. She ran over to me and hugged me when she saw all the bruises and scars on my face. After we said goodbye to Gardenia and thanked her, we set out for home. The walk was pretty quiet, neither of us knowing what to say. When we got home, I silently walked to my room.

As soon as my head hit my growlith pillow, I started to sob, not being able to hold back my tears any longer. "What's wrong Void?" I quickly turned, only to see Rose, my mom's Sylvion. Not only was I born with unnatural red eyes, I was also born with the ability to understand pokemon.

Growing up, I was always able to confide in Rose with any of my problems, and she wouldn't judge me. This time, I wasn't sure. "D-don't worry about it." I quietly mumbled into my pillow. Three seconds later, Rose was cuddling up to my side, her face peaking out from under my blanket, making me laugh.

"Come on, you can tell me anything, please tell me what's wrong." She started to beg, giving me the lilipup eyes. I sighed and hugged her tightly, starting to tear up again. "I-It's just something that Greg said today." I sobbed softly.

"What did that dick do this time!" She growled, nosing me, and trying to calm me down. I just started to cry even harder. "He s-said that with eyes like mine, mom must have fucked a Lucario!" tears were freely running down my face now, with no stop in sight. I looked at Rose, noticing the shock in her eyes. She licked up my tears, murmuring softly to calm me down.

"Don't you listen to him, Void." She said softly, as she licked my face. I was starting to calm down. Then I looked at Rose's face. She would not look me in the eyes, and it looked like she was hiding something from me.

"W-what are you keeping from me, IS IT TRUE?!" When she didn't answer, I decided that was enough of an answer for me. I opened up my window, jumped out, and ran into the woods, getting as far as I could from my house.

A minute later my mom walked into my room. "Void, I think you should know about..." she stopped as she saw the open window and her crying Sylvion, she started crying as she knew it was too late.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Some of you may be wondering what happened to my story 'Spirit', you see, I have been getting major writers block when it comes to that story. This does not mean that I have given up on it, I have just decided to take a break from it and focus on this one.

I really enjoyed writing this, and I hope that you enjoyed reading it all the same. I wish you a good

day/night/whenever you read this. OH, I should mention, the title is only temporary, if anyone can think of a good title, feel free to PM me your idea.

~spudbud16