Ross Sparks

Hi there! My name's Ross! A Pichu always looking for an adventure. Come tag along! {Part of Resonating Memories. Pictures used are not mines.}

[honeytheteddy-deactivated201409]

"Hi!" The pichu tilted its head. "Uh. What are you doing?"

Honey turned around at the sound of the voice. “Oh hello little guy. I’m just setting up for the day.” He picked up a pot of honey and placed it on the counter. “Would you like a taste?”

[rosschusparks]

The curious pichu had been wondering about the shop that had opened and finally got the courage to up right ask. He intently looked inside the pot to see the golden liquid inside. It did look tasty! He nodded, a grin bearing his face. "Yeah! That would be awesome! What is it?"

[vulpix-vixen]

Oh, it was such a lovely day outside! Unfortunately, Rei found it very difficult to stray from her home, her tiny cave at the base of a huge oak tree. She’s been curled inside all morning, simply sighing into the dark. “This vulpix isn’t setting a paw outside,” she thought, “not today.”

[rosschusparks]

Ross knew just by looking at the sky, at the moment he woke up, that it would be a great day to explore. So, he got his bag, packed it with as much yummy berries as he could carry and started to walk. That's how his explorations always started. Pick a direction and keep walking until something interesting comes along. And he wasn't disappointed when he was met with a giant tree. He scurried closer to it with a large grin on his face and gasped, noticing the perfect place to explore. "Cool! A cave!"

He poked his head into the darkness and called out, "Hello? Is anyone in here?"

[flowerbearingpichu]

Hey! Another Pichu! Awesome! Wanna go on an adventure?!

Graci turned on the spot from where she’d been picking flowers for her shop, to stare at a younger Pichu.At the word adventure, she nodded her head excitedly, but was very close to rejecting it as she was trying to act more like her age.“Sounds like fun!” She brushed a paw over her ear. “Where do’ya wanna go?”

[rosschusparks]

Ross jumped up with joy. He loved it when he made new friends who wanted to have fun with him. He couldn't help stop the grin on his face. "No doubt it'll be fun!" He chimed then tilted his head and brought his paw to his chin as he thought. "Hmm. I don't know. The place is sooo big!" He pouted. "So many choices. Maybe you have an idea?" He smiled, awaiting a response.

[glowring]

Hey there! Hi! You look cool!

"Me? Cool?"

"Uh, thanks, kid. Can’t say I’ve ever heard that from anyone else before besides my sister."

[rosschusparks]

"Yeah! You look real cool! I'm Ross by the way." His ears perked at the information and came closer to the Pokemon. "You have a sister?! I do too! A little sister. And I have an older brother too! Though, they're always being too busy or boring to go out and have fun adventures with me."

[theaura-riolu-deactivated201307]

+rosschusparks

[theaura-riolu-deactivated201307]

Aura slowly reached out his own paw and grasped the others gently, giving it a small shake, “It is very nice to meet you, Ross," He bowed his head a bit, “My name is Aura."

He grew a bit confused at the question, but he responded as well as he could, “I do… Is there anything wrong with living here…?" Was there some kind of unspoken law that you weren’t meant to live in the Haunted Zone? He didn’t know what he’d do if that was the case…

[rosschusparks]

Ross smiled and shook the riolu's paw and then let go, flashing his smile at him. "Aura's a cool name!" He commented, Ross violently shook his head. "Oh no, there's nothing wrong!" He laughed a little and then kept a smirk. "I think it's cool! I just never knew pokemon lived here. Is there any cool places to explore in this area?" He asked. 

He looked back from where he came from, Grasswhistle Forest. He took a breathe and put on a confident face. "There's no turning back now. I'm already here and I'm not leaving until this place is explored." He said, giving himself a pep talk.

[rosschusparks]

@pinkcheekspointyears

pinkcheekspointyears:

"I must say that I didn’t expect to see another of my species around here," She mused, a bit surprised to see another Pichu. She looked at his paw and gave a slight sigh, reluctantly reaching her own out to shake it, “My name is Chu. I cannot speak for long, I have a very busy schedule."

"Yeah! I didn't either!" Ross agreed. But he did know it was really cool. He might have found a cool new friend. Ross noticed the actions of Chu when they exchanged a pawshake and wondered what it was about but chose not to bring it up. "Well, Chu. It's nice to meet you." He said as he continued to smile.

He tilted his head and frowned. "Oh.. Really? What kind of stuff do you have to do?" He asked, wondering what Chu could have planned to keep her very busy. He got excited when an idea popped into his mind. "Maybe I could come with you? I could help you with the stuff you need to do. It could be fun!" 

[theaura-riolu-deactivated201307]

+rosschusparks

[theaura-riolu-deactivated201307]

Aura looked at the Pichu more closely. That would explain why he didn’t seem familiar, Aura was sure he’d remember those goggles. He offered the smaller Pokemon a shy smile, before raising from his bow, “O-oh, in that case… Welcome to the Haunted Zone…!"

He tried to sound as welcoming and friendly as possible, but he was sure his shy tone didn’t help very much. It probably just made him sound stupid. He could feel his cheeks starting to heat up at that thought, so he ducked his head in the hope that the Pichu wouldn’t notice his faint blush.

[rosschusparks]

Ross only noticed how formal Aura was with his greeting. He seemed friendly and reassured the young pichu that the area wasn't too scary. He smiled. "Thanks!" He felt good to be welcomed though it was a first for him to hear the area being called the Haunted Zone. He held out his paw to offer a pawshake. "My name's Ross. What's yours?"

"And What are you doing here in a place like this?" Ross asked, wondering what the pokemon was doing. A thought crossed his mind. "You don't live here, do you?" This wasn't the kind of place he would ever imagine someone living and wondered what was out there. What the place had to offer and had in store for him to discover.

[theaura-riolu-deactivated201307]

+rosschusparks

Aura had been walking around the courtyard just outside the Mansion in the Haunted Zone. He’d been intending to visit Tangrowth to have a go on the Swing-Along game, but he hadn’t quite decided whether he was actually going to have a go or not.

He’d been lost in thought, trying to decide whether or not to play the game, so he didn’t notice the smaller Pokemon walking in his direction. He  bumped into the smaller Pokemon, a mortified expression on his face, “S-sorry!" He stuttered out, jumping up and bowing to the little Pichu, “I hope to make it up to you!"

[rosschusparks]

Ross didn't really know what he was doing in the area where the Haunted Mansion resided. He had his slung around him, his scarf wrapped tightly around his neck and his signature blue goggles resting on his head. He was always frightened by this area but tried to stay calm. He crawled around, staying cautious and alert. He knew he should have listened to Notch and not come this way. He jumped, being startled by the creepy noises all around him. Maybe it was just a hoothoot...

Ross continued to crawl on all fours through the area until he bumped into another pokemon. Scared and startled, he jumped and had a scared expression plastered all over his face. He tried to calm down and noticed the pokemon. He didn't seem so scary. He caught his breathe and put on a cheeky grin. "I-It's okay! I got a little scared. It is my first time here, afterall." He admitted. 

[joltiksadventure]

Hurrying along, brimming with excitement Gallows raced behind Ross full of curiosity as to what his home looked like. Seeing a tree-house he was full of awe and wonder at such a magnificent home. "Wow... It must've been difficult to build such an amazing home" he cried with a hint of jealousy in his tone. "If it looks this amazing on the outside i bet it looks great on the inside too" exclaimed Gallows who was full of curiosity as to what Ross' home looked like from the inside.

[rosschusparks]

Ross gazed up at his treehouse with Gallows. He giggled slightly at what he said. "Yeah, I guess so. I never seen it being built since my big brother Notch gave it to me. And this isn't really where I live, though I do sleep here sometimes." He smiled and pointed to a cabin next to the tree that held up his treehouse. "I live there with my brother and little sister." He turned and started to climb the ramp up to the treehouse. "Come on Gallows, I wanna show you inside." 

Inside, Ross put his bag down in the corner. There was a circle shaped carpet in the middle of the wooden floor that was blue with a lightning bolt. There were some cushions that were blue, green and one with a pikachu pattern. Two baskets were in the corner that Ross had kept with food and various toys and a surfing pikachu doll and pichu doll were laying on the floor. The walls were decorated with the many scribblings that Ross and his sister had drew. "So, what do you think?" Ross asked and layed on the pikachu cushion. "I know its not that much.." He trailed on, thinking that it might be insufficient to Gallows' expectations. 

[official-team-wtp-deactivated20]

Tyranitar spoke up “I’ll admit you do have alot of potential Ross, with a spirit like that you’ll be able to go pretty far when forming or being in a rescue team. Just grab 1 or 2 people and you’re set to go. We’re a pretty well known rescue team… eh in our area at least…"

"Of course you have to be aware of the dangers that come with it.. But you’ll get to that early in your career." Pikachu said, flipping his hair. “You should go to an academy first though, its the best decision." Pikachu points forward. “Maybe that Zorua and Sandshrew would make good partners for you.

[rosschusparks]

Ross beamed in overwhelming pride as he heard those words. Even the really cool and strong professionals thought that he had what it took! He just smiled and took in all the things and information said, taking them to heart. He didn't mind at all about the dangers they spoke of. He knew it was part of the adventure and thats why you had to be strong and brave. Its what made it fun and exciting. He nodded and kept his smile. "Okay! I'm gonna be the bestest explorer ever and be in the bestest rescue team ever!"

A zorua and sandshrew. "Yeah, maybe Trip could be an awesome partner!" He knew of those pokemon. Trip was his knew friend that he made. He didn't know the power he had but he assumed that he would be a good partner to be in a team with. "And I've seen a sandshrew around. He looks like he's my age but he seems really shy. I've never gotten the chance to talk to him." He said, recalling the times he spotted him in the gardens. "But I don't know if they would want to be in a team with me. They didn't look like they liked exploring that much." He said glumly.

[awesometogepiuniverse-blog]

"Wow, the view from up here is so cool, I hope we find something great from up here" Sky said, full of awe from the sight.

[rosschusparks]

Ross peeked out from the balloon to look down below. "Yeah it is cool. Everything looks so small from up here!" He noticed a Starly passing by there balloon and heading for the floating island of the Sky Pavillion. "Don't you think flying pokemon are so lucky? They can travel everywhere so easily. Flying must feel so great and cool!"

[allthefluffiness]

Savannah hid the small grin that her face was wearing and started to pick up the speed she was running at. “I’m gonna get there first!" She shouted back at the Pichu running behind her. 

[rosschusparks]

"No way!" He yelled at Savannah as he tried to catch up. He started to gain speed but noticed that Savannah's speed was gaining too. At these moments he wished he knew how to use quick attack like he watched Notch and other pokemon use like the berry picking brigade that caught berries that feel from the trees before they hit the ground. He tried to convince himself that he could win and kept his speed going, but still couldn't pass her, staying at her tail.

[to-therescue-deactivated2013071]

"It’s pretty nice here, I gotta admit." he said in response. It was true. Everyone that the evolution pokemon had come in contact with was really nice and willing to help. His neighbor, a diglet, had even helped me with the stability of his den. Plus there were plenty of places to get berries and other food. It was a pretty sweet set up.

Eyan tilted his head to the side slightly at the question. “Yeah I am. The only eevee in my family that I’m aware of. Ma and Pa don’t have brothers or sisters, and they’re evolved already. Pa’s an Espeon, and Ma’s an Umbreon." he said proudly. As far as he knew, they were the only ones in those evolutionary lines because it was harder for eevee’s to evolve into them. It required one to find someone who they trusted completely.

"I mean rescue missions! Ma and Pa are one a’ the best rescue teams in Paradise. They’ve been everywhere on all sorts a’ missions." He said, jumping over a log in the way. He nodded again, “Yep yep, they have different powers put inta them by real powerful pokemon with psychic powers. I dunno how it works exactly, but I seen it happen a few times."

[rosschusparks]

Ross nodded as he listened to Eyan's answers. He remembered espeon as the light purple-ish pink one and umbreon as the black one with yellow striped markings. "Oh.. That's cool." He responded back. "Do know what you want to evolve into when you grow up?" He asked. He thought it was really cool that pokemon like Eyan had a choice of what they can evolve into. 

"Rescue missions?" Ross repeated. It was a new term to him, only learning about it recently when he met the rescue team, W.T.P. They made a very big impression on the young pichu and he was aspired to want to be in a rescue team one day. They were what he always wanted to be when he grows up. Strong, brave, fearless and adventurous. "That's so cool! Rescue Teams. I want to be in a rescue team. It seems so much fun and awesome! Exploring and helping pokemon." He rambled on.

They continued to walk towards the ruins of the Granite Pass. Ross held on to his scarf with his paw and studied it. Learning that it had some kind of power amazed him. "Wow... Now I really want to know what it can do.." He was about to lose himself in thought until the sound of his rumbling belly stopped him. He paused in place, stared at his stomach and laughed. "Guess I'm a little hungry. Can we take a little snack break?" He said with a smirk and looked in his bag. He got out a napkin full of lava cookies and offered one to Eyan. "Do you want a lava cookie?" He looked inside his bag again. "I also have some pecha, oran and bluk berries." He shared, leaving the bag open for Eyan to take whatever he wanted and then sat on the ground to begin biting into his lava cookie in delight.

[rosschusparks]

"Yay! Where do you wanna go to play?" Ross asked with a grin. “We can play hide and seek or tag in the forest if you want to." He suggested. 

[mytailwilleatyou-deactivated201]

"Umm… Hide and seek sounds good! Do you wanna do that?" 

[rosschusparks]

"Yeah! Hide and seek is always fun!" He ran ahead and entered the forest with Girafarig. "The forest is a really fun place to play!" He exclaimed. "He smiled. "I'll hide first!" He said as he sprinted away deeper into the forest.

[joltiksadventure]

"Oh that sounds great!" Gallows cried with overflowing joy. “I do hope we see lots of amazing things on our travels, and maybe even find some amazing mysteries or strange objects on our way" Gallows squealed with boundless anticipation. “Let’s go on an adventure, you lead the way Ross!"

[rosschusparks]

"Yeah, I hope so too!" Ross always enjoyed going on adventures but with friends it was even better. He walked ahead toward the forest and led the way like Gallows said. "So, as I said before this is where I live." He said raising his arms up and spinning around. He smiled at the familiar sight ahead and sprinted up to it on all fours. "Come Gallows! Look!" He got up and pointed above. "That's my treehouse up there!" He shared, pointing to the wooden house up in the tree above them. It was accessible by wooden ramps along the tree trunk that led up to the entrance so that even pokemon that walked on all fours could enter inside.

[trickyzorua-deactivated20130825]

The zorua paused, “Hee-hee a Zorua you see and a trickster I be."

[rosschusparks]

The pichu nodded. "Oh, a zorua.." He didn't know what that meant but he chose to let it be for now. He then turned to Trip. "What do you mean by a trickster? What's that?" He asked.

He then glanced and saw some berries in the distance. He was excited because he can see some of his favorites, mago berries, bluk berries and nanab. He ran up to the berries that seemed fine and edible on the grassy ground. "Awesome! My favorites!" He started to pick up some and place then in his bag. "Do you like these kinds, Trip?"

[awesometogepiuniverse-blog]

"Are you sure? I mean, i'll feel bad if I don't have anything to give you in return, oh, I know, how about if I find something special on this adventure, you can have it, it could be a symbol of our friendship" Sky said, happy at the idea of being friends.

[rosschusparks]

"Yup! Of course I'm sure! I saved up a lot and you don't really need to pay a lot for the balloon trip." Ross said, totally fine with giving his saved up money to his new friend. "You don't really need to but if you want to, I can't really stop you." Ross said but agreed that a symbol of their friendship sounded really cool. He proceeded to hand his payment to Drifblim and jumped into the balloon basket. He held out his paw and motioned for Sky to hop in. "Come on! The Sky Pavilion awaits! Who knows what we'll find up there?!"