Authoress' Notes: W00t! Ths story's finally back! I almost gave up on it, but it survived! IMPORTANT NOTE! The main character, Marina, is NOT the one from the movie! Marina is the name of MY female character in Ruby/Sapphire! Just in case you were confused... and now...

Livin' It Up in the Sapphire Version!

Chapter 1: Getting Around Littleroot Town!

A moving truck speeds down Petalburg City, swerving uncontrollably and almost hitting pedestrian novice Pokémon Trainers standing in the road doing nothing whatsoever!

The guy who was driving the truck, who was a Machoke, honked the horn! "MACHOKE! MACHOKE! MACHOKE!"

One pedestrian novice Trainer just barely jumped out of the way of the speeding truck! Cleary pissed off, he shook his fist at the Machoke! "LEARN HOW TO DRIVE, JACKASS!"

The Machoke didn't find being called a jackass very nice OR funny, so he threw a lamp the Trainer, knocking him out, or killing him! It didn't really matter, just as long as he was shut up!

Along with all of the furniture and stuff in the back, a 13-year-old girl named Marina, the hero of this story, is trying her best not to throw up, due to the Machoke's reckless driving!

Marina kicked a box out of the way! "Damn! These Pokémon can't drive for beans! UGH! I hope we get there soon, or I'm gonna be flat up against this thing!"

Suddenly the truck stops, sending boxes flying everywhere! The doors open and a Machoke suddenly grabs Marina!

Marina wiggled around in a panic! "What the... HEY! PUT ME DOWN, YOU MUSCLEBOUND FREAK! MOM, HELP! I'M BEING KIDNAPPED! HE'S A CHILD MOLESTER!"

Coming out of the house, Mom waved her hands around in irritation! "SHH! You want the whole world to hear you?"

Abruptly, the Machoke put Marina down and dusted her off. Seeing as she was now "free", she ran to Mom!

Marina frowned! "What the hell was he doing?"

Mom rolled her eyes. "Oh, Marina, do hush up! That Machoke did nothing wrong!"

The evil Machoke from hell answered that statement with an evil smile!

Marina sweatdropped. "Okay..."

Mom decided to change the subject before someone got hurt! " Do you like our new home?"

"No, I hate it..." Marina sarcastically grumbled.

Being the idiot she was, Mom smiled! "Good! Now go inside and set your clock!"

Marina rolled her eyes and went inside. "Whatever..."

Inside, the house looks as if Marina had BEEN living there the whole time! Everything looks and feels like Marina and her Mom had never moved!

Marina made a face. "Mom, how long have you been here?"

Mom cleared her throat! "About 15 minutes, why?"

Marina threw her arms up! "The house looks like we've been LIVING here!"

Mom sweatdropped. "What makes you say that?"

"Are you sure you didn't drive here earlier this morning and make me ride in the back of that stinky truck with all of our stuff?" Marina asked, cocking an eyebrow!

"Go upstairs and set the clock your Dad got for you!" Mom demanded, pushing Marina to her room!

"Yeah, yeah..." Marina mumbled, walking upstairs.

Once Marina was out of sight, Mom sighed a breath of relief! "WHEW! It's a good thing she didn't notice that this IS our original house! The Machoke did a good job of moving it for us!"

Marina kicked the door! "New room, my ass! Mom just moved the house somehow! This is our old one! Oh, well, at least my GameCube is here!" And so, Marina allowed the GameCube to engulf her in its... um... Cubeiness...

10 minutes later, Mom comes in to see Marina playing SSBM! Uh oh!

"Young lady, I told you to set your clock!" Mom scolded!

Marina ignored her and laughs at the totally awesome SSBM!

"FORGET IT!" Mom sighed, leaving!

"I fixed the stupid clock, but why is it still daytime outside! It's 8:46pm, for God sakes!" Marina complained!

"Marina! Marina! Come quick! Hurry, look! Dad's on TV!" Mom called ignoring Marina's griping.

Marina ran over to the tube. Dad? Really! Wow! I haven't seen him since the two of you ran out on each other!"

Mom sweatdropped. "Don't remind me..."

"This has been Jerry Whiltford at the Petalburg Gym! Until tomorrow, see ya! ...But really... 'Norman'? And he trains Normal types?" the TV News Reporter mumbled!

Quiet chuckling can be heard off-screen as an Aggron appears in the background motioning "Cut"! The screen then goes black!

Marina sweatdropped. "Well, that was stupid..."

Mom sighed. "Oh... it's over...I think Dad was on but we missed him..."

Marina rolled her eyes! "No, duh!"

"Dinner'll be ready in a few hours, so why don't you go visit our new neighbors? They are some very good friends of your father," Mom said, going over to sit at the table!

Marina walked away. "How 'bout I go upstairs and watch TV?"

Mom threw her outside! "How 'bout I lock the door until you've visited our new neighbors?"

Marina stood up and dusted herself off! "Man, this sucks!"

The Machoke and their truck were long gone, but the tire marks and broken houses/trees/signs proved their presence in the small town!

Marina disregarded all this and went next door! "Whatever!"

Marina peeked inside! "Hello?" When no one answered, she sighed! "That's good...Now I can go back home and..."

Just then, something went "THUMP!" upstairs!

Marina looked up and smirked! "Hey, maybe it's a robber or something! Sweet, I'm going up to watch!"

So, Marina went upstairs and banged on the door the "THUMP!" came from, wanting to get in and watch the robber take stuff and laugh for no apparent reason! All her banging and yelling seemingly went unnoticed, so she broke the door down!

A white-haired guy sweatdropped. "There goes another Breakable Door..."

Marina pointed at him! "Huh? Who are you?"

The kid with white hair pointed back! "Are you Mr. Norman's kid?"

Marina crossed her arms. "And what if I am?"

"My name's Brendan, if you must know. I knew you were a Gym Leader's kid, but I didn't know you were a girl!" Brendan mocked!

Marina bopped him upside the head! "So what if I'm a girl! We're the better species!"

Brendan cowered in fright! "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Girls are cool! Girls are cool!"

Marina stood, triumphant! "That's right!"

"So, anyway, what are you doing in my house?" Brendan asked cowardly.

"None of your business!" Marina roared!

Brendan sweatdropped. "OK..."

Marina turned to go out the broken door. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be leaving now..."

Brendan called after her! "WAIT! HEY! My dad's a professor and I'm about to go help him study!"

Marina stopped and faced Brendan! "What the hell does that got to do with me?"

Brendan smiled awkwardly! "Um...I just wanna make friends, that's all..."

Marina sneered. "Sure... you're OK... I'm in a bad mood now, but I'm usually like this anyway."

Brendan shook her hand! "Super! You wanna go catch Pokémon sometime later?"

Marina yanked away after 3 shakes. "No, I don't like Pokémon..."

Brendan was shocked! "WHAT?"

"YOU HEARD ME THE FIRST TIME! I DON'T LIKE POKéMON! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a dinner to attend..." Then, Marina left!

Brendan was left to think to himself! "Wow... I've never met anyone like her...hmm..."

Outside, Marina was evilly planning to take over the world! Not really...

Marina walked about, mindlessly! "Man, this is bogus! I hate this town! Hmm... I know! I'll run away! Yeah, that's it! I'll show 'em... I'LL SHOW 'EM ALL! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! OK, I need to work on that..."

"H-help me!"

Marina looked up. "What the...?"

All of a sudden, a man in a white overcoat comes running out of the bushes with a Poochyena right behind him!

Climbing into a tree, the weird guy shouted at Marina! "Hey, you! Please help me! Get one of the Poké Balls inside that bag down there and throw it at the Poochyena!"

Marina shrugged! "What? Like it's MY fault you're being chased by a demon dog? I'll just sit here and watch!" And with that, she promptly sat down!

"No! Please! Save me!" The guy pleaded!

Marina smirked! "Hmm... Let me think... NO!"

"Bow wow!" the Poochyena sarcastically barked!

The guy who was in the tree screamed like a girl, leaving Marina to wonder if he was a homo!

Marina yawned and started to leave. "OK, this is getting boring... BAH! I'm going back home! Maybe I'll run away next week, or something..."

The guy in the coat waved for Marina to come back! "Hey! Come back! Pleeeeeeeeease! Before it's too late!"

Marina refused to turn around! "I don't feel like it..."

"Bow wow!" Poochyena barked again, just to remind everyone that it was still there!

"Come on, little girl! No one is that heartless! Could you at least scare the Poochyena away? Do that much, and I will be eternally grateful!" the guy begged again!

That did it! That was the straw that broke the Camerupt's back! Marina stopped dead in her tracks, with a REALLY evil look on her face! So evil, in fact, it scared the guy in the tree AND the Poochyena! "Little... GIRL? FOR YOUR INFORTMATION, I AM NOT A 'LITTLE GIRL!' I AM A TEENAGER! AND I AIN'T HEARTLESS, EITHER! I'M JUST IN A BAD MOOD, AND GUESS WHAT? YOU'VE JUST MADE IT WORSE!" Marina stomped over to the bag, causing the ground to shake with each step! "I'LL SHOW YOU 'LITTLE GIRL'!"

She kicked the bag over and 3 Poké Balls spilled out! Randomly grabbing one in a rage, she threw it! Not at the Poochyena, not at the tree, and not at a nearby Swellow's nest! Nope, she was aiming for the strange man in the tree! The Poké Ball hit him right between the eyes, causing him to fall to the ground in a daze! OOPS!

"Ohh... what happened?" the man groaned, in a daze.

Sweatdropping, the Poochyena looked on in confusion!

"Next time, watch your mouth!" Marina called to the guy who was now on the ground!

Just then, the Poké Ball opened in a bright flash of light to reveal a...

"Mudkip! All right! That was a good choice!" the guy who mostly everyone else except Marina knew!

Marina was shocked! "EGAD! What the heck is that?"

Mudkip said, "Mudkip?"

The Poocheyena felt threatened! "Bow-wow!"

Marina shrugged. "Now, what?"

"Call out one of its attacks!" the man said!

Marina frowned. "Which is..."

"Just tell it to use Water Gun!" the unknown guy said!

"Use Water Gun..." Marina commanded, with no enthusiasm whatsoever!

"Kip!" Mudkip used Water Gun on the Poochyena, K. it!

Marina smirked. "Well, that was easy..."

Out of nowhere, the Poochyena suddenly jumped up and bit her!

Marina kicked it off! "OW! DAMN IT, DOG!"

Seeing as it could no longer get away with doing bad things, the Poochyena ran off howling!

The guy sighed! "WHEW! That was close! Hey, you over there! Are you alright?"

Marina looked at the bite on her arm. "I think so... but if I get rabies, I'm gonna sue!"

Mudkip looked worried! "Mud?"

"No, I don't think it had rabies...Oh! Sorry, I guess I never introduced myself! The name's Timothy Nicholas Birch, but you can call me Professor Birch!" Birch announced!

Marina sweatdropped. "If you blurt out your entire name to a perfect stranger in real life, I'd hate to see you on a computer..."

Professor Birch sweatdropped! "Anyway, let me see that bite of yours..."

Marina turned away! "I told you, I'm fine!"

Professor Birch sweatdropped again! "That bite is really..."

"All of a sudden... I don't...feel...so...well..." Then Marina fainted! OMG!

Prof. Birch sighed picked Marina up and left! "Ah, well. She'll be fine at the laboratory."

"Mud!" the Mudkip agreed, following!

Marina moaned crazily in her sleep! "The world is spinning... STOP! In my abode... THE SKIES ARE FILLED WITH CHICKEN AND COMBUSTING MONKEY HANDLES!"

The Mudkip from earlier sat on her bed. "I'd better wake her up, yes I should, before she goes crazy, that she might! Wake up now, please!" he asked, shaking her.

Marina opened her eyes in fright! "Huh? WHAT!"

Lo and behold, a Mudkip is standing on top of her! It looks very worried, but a little withdrawn, too! CUTENESS!

"Well, I think I've officially gone insane..." Marina scowled.

Mudkip was happy! "That's because something miraculous has happened!"

Marina frowned. "It is?"

"The PokéGods have chosen you to become a Pokémon Master!" Mudkip explained.

Marina scratched her head. "Why?"

Mudkip smiled! "Because you have the spunk! Plus, their old went insane and started eating Pokémon cards..."

"How come you can talk to me?" Marina asked.

Mudkip smiled again! "Magical Pokémon powers! You, and only you, can understand what we Pokémon can say!"

Marina sweatdropped. "All that from a dog bite?"

Mudkip also sweatdropped. "The PokéGods were desprite..."

"So... Now what?" Marina shrugged, standing up.

Mudkip looked around. "Umm...

Then, Prof. Birch busted in! "Good, you're awake! Now..."

"NOW, I will leave and go home! Bye!" Marina shouted running off!

Prof. Birch sat in silence for a moment. "... HOORAY! NOW I CAN PLAY SSBM!"

Authoress' Notes: And that's it! For the chapter anyway! Don't forget to R&R!