Neoshipping: Before Team Rocket By: PiperSpoon13 Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or the characters I just enjoy enhancing the back stories to my own twisted fantasy Summary: Butch and Cassidy and how they ended up wrapped up in the crime of team rocket. WARNING: Most of this story is teen appropriate however some parts of the dialogue and possibly the content are not. If you are offended by teen drinking, smoking (just cigarettes), and the very rare use of the extreme language. Please stop now if you can't handle this. These things aren't constant but will be occasional. _________________________________________________________________________- Bullying the rich kids got old after a few years, but it didn't stop me from wanting what they had. They all seemed happy. They had friends; the only friend I had was a Spearow I fed my crust from my peanut-butter sandwich years earlier and it followed me since, eventually I had to get a pokeball for it so my dad wouldn't get mad. I named him Beaky; I'm not sure why though. I would sit with him under a tree and read, occasionally looking up at the kids. They never got close to the chain link fence that divided our worlds, but one day a saw a small girl about my age, ten. She was sitting with her back to the rest and head buried in her knees. Her long frizzy blonde hair covered her face and most of her body; a little Rattata seemed to be trying it’s hardest to cheer her up. Curious at why she was crying I approached the fence. "Whatcha crying for?" I said in the most concern voice I could muster. I didn't want her thinking I was mocking her. "What do you care?" she said looking up at me her violet eyes all glassy. She picked up the Rattata; it had stared to nibble at her socks to get her attention "I don't know. You just seem sad, and if I didn't get your attention soon that little Rattata would have chewed a hole right though your socks. Its pretty cute for a rat" this time I got a smile; it was a kind of smile that should be in magazines, a truly beautiful smile. "My mom hates her." she said sadly walking closer to the fence. "Why are you sitting all alone?" she adds suspiciously. All I could do is shrug. "I don't know. Beaky and I don't make friends well." I said picking up my Spearow. "You seem to be doing alright to Me." she said and I could've sworn she blushed. A teacher then came up to her and grabbed her arm. "What have I told you about going out this far? You don't need to be talking the children on this end." the teacher then looked at me. "Sir I advise you not to talk to my students. Their parents pay good money to send them here; not to talk to future delinquents like you. Cassie say good bye to your friend; if you’re not back in the classroom in ten minutes,I'll be forced to call you parents." "Sorry." she said almost in tears again. "Maybe we can talk later, my names Cassidy but everyone here calls me Cassie." "Butch. Your not gonna get in too much trouble are you?" I said feeling bad for getting her scolded "Nah. Ms. Jones has a heart-attack whenever anyone is away from the playground equipment. For what it's worth, I don't think you a delinquent.” with that she waved goodbye and ran back throwards the school. __________________________________________________ As I ran from the fence I couldn't get the boy out of my head. He was so nice to me. It seemed that being rich only lost me friends. For the rest of the day, I found my self day-dreaming about him. From his blue-green hair down to his ripped blue jeans. They could call my parents; I didn't care. I was going to see him again. The next day I ran to the same tree I cryed my eyes out by. I couldn't even remember why I was crying in the first place something Jessie had said to me; It didn't matter now. There he was reading with Beaky the Spearow. I found myself adjusting my uniform and pressing my hair down. "Butch!" I said just loud enough for him to hear. He looked up at me and smiled putting his book down. I felt my knees go slightly week as my heart melted. "you came back. Now who's the deliquent." I spent every recess for the next month at the fence with Butch. I told him how I hate having to be perfect and proper all the time and he told me about how much he hated his father. He even sent Beaky over to play with my Rattata;In Fact, We battaled them just for fun. I managed to seek about untill someone *cough* Jessie, ratted me out. My parents were to be called and insted of recess I was to run laps in the gym for the rest of the year. It was prehaps the worst punishmet they could of given me, but it didn't stop me from thinking of him or him me. That night I heard a light pecking; Beaky was at my window; I quickly opened it to avoid waking the other girls. It had a note in his beak and gave it to me, and before flying home he gave me a light bite of affection on the ear. I closed the window and opened the note as fast as I could without ripping it. Cassie: I know you can't come out to the fence anymore cause those snooty teachers, but may be we can leave notes somehow. Your my best friend scence Beaky and I refuse to let our social statis to tear us apart. We'll try to figure things out, but summers coming and you'll be going home to where ever. Here's my adress please write. Butch Beaky was still outside wating for my respose I guess. I quickly jotted something down. 'I'm not sure where I'm staying this summer but I'll be sure to write you. untill then we'll send short notes with Beaky .-Cassidy I folded up the paper and handed it over to the bird pokemon. Then giddied my self to sleep. 'He wrote me'. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The day Cassidy was caught I knew chances of the teachers even giving her a chance to come back to the fense were slim to none. The teacher had grabbed her by the arm tightly she barley had time to wave good-bye. Before she was out of sight her Rattata even had trouble keeping up with her. Later that day I was called to the principal's office. It turned out that same teacher, came to be sure I was punished occordingly for 'stalking' her students. My father was called to take me home; the school only suspended me for the rest of the day for getting too close to the forbidin fence and making them look bad. The real punishment was that of my fathers. The car ride was quiet, really quiet. I had to break the silence. "Dad I was just talking to her; She's my only friend" "You still don't get it do you." the calmness of his voice told me I would get the belt when I got home; if he didn't yell he'd take his belt to me. Lighting a cigerate he continued "You two are from differnet worlds; Just talking to a girl like that could be twisted into an assult by those people. To them you are just trailer trash and they're not far off." After being beat with his belt till it hurt to sit, I ran up to my room and let Beaky out. "I need you to be quiet." I said to him. " You bealive me don't you?" It fluttered its wings and crowed in a purring like way. I wonder how bad shes getting it? I needed to contact her tell her that this wasn't gonna stop me from being her friend. "Beaky do you think you can find her room." the bird could only nodd and gave his purring crow again. I then wrote a short note knowing it would look fishy if it was much bigger. "Can you take this to her and be quiet I don't want to get her in more trouble; try to get a note from her if no one else is awake."