Disabilities aren't weakness ~ Pokemon fanstory

Beginnings - Chapter 1

Dawn trotted along behind her trainer, it had been 3 years since the evolution that lead to problem after problem. Shortly after the evolution, Katherine's father actually began to in a sense emotionally neglect his own daughter as he felt so disappointed in her. Meanwhile, the 10 year old herself was upset and distressed. It was distressing that her own father seemed to hate her, hate her wish to protect her beloved Pokemon.

Today; Kat was heading to Littleroot town to meet with Professor Birch to collect her 'starter' Pokemon and pokedex to confirm that she was capable of heading out on her journey. When she arrived at the ranch, she saw a group of Pokemon. Many Torchic, Mudkip and Treecko. However, one of the Mudkip caught her eye more so than the others. There was just something about it that got her interested in seeing it up close and personal.

Deciding to leave any sort of staring until she was in the building, the moment she got in; she made it fully clear what she was here for. "Professor Birch!" she called out, loudly as Dawn followed her in and sniffed the area for other Pokemon. After a few moments of silence, she continued in the same loud voice. Not demanding, just loud. "It's me, Katherine. Mama called a few days ago to ask if I could come collect a Pokemon!"

"Yes, yes," the old man said as he walked in from the ranch with a big smile plastered on his muddy and slightly bruised face. He was clearly friendly, and very much a field scientist as opposed to the hands-off approach of some of the other professors. "Katherine and Dawn, your mother told me about you.....and your problems with why you need to leave as soon as possible. Come along, lets get the 'starter' Pokemon so that your not causing anymore tension between you and your father."

Nodding, Katherine followed him with nearly dull eyes. Over the last couple of years, both Kat and Dawn had changed in drastic ways. The once sweet and innocent little girl, who had her mild issues with her mental condition, had changed into quite a cold and almost distant girl who only cared about Pokemon. Humans were meaningless, unless they were needed for something. That's often how she felt. As for Dawn, the once playful and energetic Eevee had been replaced with the calm and loyal Espeon who had to watch her steps in the house as one mess up with a magic outburst and she could have been put to sleep. She didn't wish that and so her personality changed to accommodate for it.

As Kat entered the backyard, the first thing she did was head over to the lonely Mudkip that was sat under a tree near the pond and far away from his fellow species. And it soon became obvious why, his head fin was overly short and was clearly unable to have the detection ability that it was well known for. And his tail-fin was heavily ripped, maybe from a injury in his earlier years or maybe a birth defect. She'd have to ask. Kneeling down to Dawn. "Lets go over and talk to that little guy, he's clearly got a disability and remember what we agreed."

"Espeon eon (Alright, Kat)," the purple Pokemon made a slight calm nod before walking alongside her trainer to the young Mudkip. It soon became apparent to Kat that this Mudkip was incredible young, maybe a few months of age. So the chances of the ripped tail fin being the cause of a fight was getting slimmer. When they got close, Dawn was the first to make a sound as she could vocally talk to the young Pokemon. "Eepy? (Mudkip?)."

"Mud? Kip kip kip mudkip (Hi? Um...you're a trainer Pokemon?)," he asked, his sweet little voice questioning the Espeon without being too invasive. It was clear that this was a baby, who was very sweet and innocent to the world. Not receiving an answer more than a nod, he looked over to Kat with those big shiny eyes of curiosity. This brought a smile to Kat's face as she knelt down near the young water type. "Kippa (You trainer)?"

Even though she couldn't understand Pokemon, she had gathered a vague idea of what the little  Pokemon had just asked her as she whispered in a relaxed and caring voice as she gently and cautiously reached her arm out to see if he'll let her pet him - which he actually did as she spoke. "My name is Katherine, little one. I don't mind to bring you harm, in fact I wanted to ask if you would join my team. We don't discriminate against those with......complications like yourself."