The Deaf Ranger

Hey guys, so in the story, I will be using deaf characters and using italics to display when they are signing and normal when they are speaking. Side note, I will not be gloss when typing out the signs because it will be difficult to convey the tone. Thank you and enjoy!

Kate's POV

Windtown, Fiore

I opened my eyes from slumber only to see my 4 year-old sister, Jamie, do a surprisingly powerful elbow drop on my poor stomach. I involuntarily groaned and rolled over to see the culprit.

"What was that for?! You could've shaken me awake" I furiously signed to my sister, who just wore a smirk on her face.

"I did, you were still asleep. Besides, it was fun to do that," Jamie's smirk still proudly showing on her lips as she skipped out of my room.

I rolled my eyes as I rummaged my nightstand for my hearing aid. You heard right, folks, I'm deaf. Okay, technically speaking, I'm hard of hearing since my left ear can pick up a little sound. It's like hearing you TV on medium-low volume through a pillow; you can pick up some sound, but the rest sounds muffled.

Once I found it, I glanced at the calendar; today's date had a huge red circle with a smiley face. My blue eyes widened at the memory that today was the day I was going to the RangerSchool in Almia!

I ran around the room getting ready and packing the rest of my things in my duffel bag and nearly fell down the stairs.

"Morning, Dad," I signed as I took my seat at the cedar table.

"Kate," My dad shouted, "You have 25 minutes to make it to the ferry in FallCity!"

I cursed myself and grabbed my duffel bag while kissing my father good-bye. I bolted out to stables and saddled up my rapidash and left my home on Sekra Range. As I passed the ranger base, Ranger Leader Elita stopped me.

"What's the rush, Kate?" Her normally cold face showed a small smile.

"I'm about to miss the ferry going to Almia. Today's my first day at Ranger School and of course I would wake up late."

Elita's smile grew wider, "I knew it was something important. Now I don't do this for everybody, but considering that I won't see you until Christmas, I'll let you ride on Skarmory."

A flood of relief washed over me. "Thank you so much! I promise it'll just me to Fall City."

Her eyebrows rose up, "Hon, I won't allow you to ride some dirty, old ferry. You're riding Skarmory all the way to the school gates."

I jumped off of the horse Pokémon and embraced her, my thanks poured out in stammers and stutters. Elita looked down on me with not a motherly smile, more like that "cool-aunt-you-can't-wait-to-see-during-the-holidays" smile.

I leaped onto the steel-bird Pokémon and soared to the sky. A new chapter of my life has just begun, and boy was it going to be eventful.

A.N So, what did you think? If you have any comments or suggestions, click the little review button at the bottom of the screen and type it out. If all you're going to do is complain, go find another story. Contructive criticism is more than welcomed (just try to word it nicely for me please) Y'all are awesome and another update will be here before you know it. Tata!:)