The MagiArtist Collection

To Train Him Is My Cause (AU Serena x Reader)

"Serena! Look! My dog grew!" You said as you held up your Lillipup in your arms. However, it was now heavier and it tried to get itself off of you, barking out 'Herdier' in the process. Serena simply giggled.

"That's great!" She said with a smile. You let your Pokemon down as it ran around a bit. "Though, the term is 'evolved'. As Pokemon grow stronger, they sometimes take different forms. Most Pokemon evolve through experience, but others can evolve through certain conditions." You noticed her companion, a Pikachu, scampered towards her and leaped onto her body. He climbed up to her shoulder and laid down on it. "For example, Pikachu here can evolve if you give it a Thunderstone. Isn't that right, Pikachu?" She asked.

"Pika!!" He said. Serena's eyes widen a bit and she took your hand.

"I have a great idea! Come with me, I wanna show you something!" She said as she pulled you. You followed her, smiling along as you couldn't wait to see what she had in store.

You just got your first Pokemon, a dog by the name of Lillipup, though you weren't exactly sure how to bring him up. Your mom hired out a Pokemon Trainer to help you with training your dog. That trainer turned out to be the nice girl who was leading you, Serena. You felt her warm fingers as they clung onto your hand. Your body felt so calm whenever she was around.

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She led you into the Santalune Forest. As she stepped in, you hesitated. The forest always gave you the creeps. However, knowing Serena was right in front of you filled you with determination. You walked into the forest with her and as you went to her side, you smiled. When you first met her, you mistook her for a boy, what with her tomboy appearance and her energetic personality, but after you realized she was a girl, you saw her in a different light.

As she taught you how to train your Lillipup, you always thought of how pretty she looked or how kind she was. You wanted to impress her and show her just how much you have learned just to see her smile. As you looked at Serena, she put a finger to her mouth and hushed you. She then pointed to a bug that was concealed in a golden cocoon.

"Evolution takes many forms. Take this Kakuna, for instance. It grows and evolves through age. It starts off as a small, little Weedle, before it evolves into a cocoon stage, which is what you see here. And if I timed it juuust right..." She glared at it. Suddenly, it glowed bright white, just like what happened with your Lillipup last night. As the glowing died, the cocoon had changed into a giant bee. You noticed that the bee's forelegs were gigantic spears. It croaked out: 'Beedrill!' "Ah! There we go! See? It evolved!" She said. She twisted her cap around and grinned. "Alright, time to teach you a new thing about Pokemon Training: capturing! Pikachu, let's go!" She said.

"Pika!" Pikachu leaped off as the Beedrill flew off and engaged the electric mouse.

"Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" Serena said. Pikachu zapped the bee. It spun around a bit before it corrected its flight pattern. You watched Serena as she continued to command Pikachu to attack Beedrill. "First, you gotta weaken the Pokemon enough for you to capture it." She said. Time seemed to slow as you saw this beautiful, adorable girl fight the Pokemon through her Pikachu, shouting out moves for him to preform and doing cool arm gestures. You let out a sigh as you thought of being just like her.

Suddenly, Beedrill impaled Pikachu with its spear and threw Pikachu right into Serena's path, knocking her onto the ground. The Beedrill looked at her and flew to her. Your heart stopped as you screamed out.

"Serena, no!" That's when your Herdier barked out and leaped towards the Beedrill, biting its abdomen with all its might. The Beedrill screeched out as it tried to throw the dog off. You looked at Serena and noticed that a small ball fell out of her pocket. You ran over and picked it up. You noticed a button on it and pressed it. The ball grew to thrice its size. A perfectly sized ball to throw at Beedrill. As Herdier let go and fell onto the ground, you threw the ball as you yelled at it: "Leave her alone!" The ball hit Beedrill and it suddenly opened up. Beedrill's body faded into a red light as it got sucked into the ball. It dropped to the ground and shook a bit, a bright red dot glowing in the middle. It then stopped as the light died. There was now silence. Serena groaned and noticed the ball.