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Heh. Seemed timely.

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Now that my fic is up on Royal Road let’s try this promotion thing again.

Book 1 - Setting Off

Chapter 1: Vermillion Sunset

“Vermilion City, the port of exquisite sunsets,” Celeste read the sign out loud while looking at the metropolis extending from the pier.

Tall buildings dotted the horizon, rising from beyond the piles of containers and warehouses that sat nearby. There was some smoke in the air and the smell of fried food mixed in with the salt scented ocean breeze. A Machoke and a Gurdurr passed by, carrying construction materials to a truck that was honking just behind a badly parked bus.

She watched as a large woman—the bus driver—left her post ticketing people to argue with the truck driver. There was a little Pichu on her shoulders and it looked absolutely terrified at the two Fighting-Types still loading the materials inside.

“I don’t know about that,” Celeste muttered, bringing her index finger to her chin. “This place doesn’t seem all that exquisite from where I’m standing.”

To the side of the bus, a queue was forming, and she started to think she should actually walk to town.

“What do you say, Aria? Wanna explore?” she asked, eyes trailing down to the Eevee yawning by her side. With a quiet chuckle, she continued, “Shouldn’t you be more excited?”

Aria twitched her ears and barked at her trainer, not particularly thrilled about signs or sunsets. Her lush brown fur, a little darker than the usual Eevee, shone with the bright late-summer sun and the cream-coloured fur collar around her neck rattled as she looked around for something more interesting.

“You are right,” Celeste said with a sigh. “This marina is pretty boring, but this guy back on our ship told me there are tons of fun things we can do here. Restaurants and even a nice beach towards… was it Route Six or Seven that he said…?”

A flock of Pidgey flew overhead as a small spark shot up. The bus driver’s Pichu was nervously shaking while its trainer shoved a finger right at the truck guy. She was yelling something about the virtues of patience and not honking while people did their jobs.

Ironic, considering she didn’t seem all that patient herself.

“So… walk and explore?” Celeste grinned at her Pokémon, trying to back her case by gesturing at the growing queue.

At that, Aria rolled her eyes and let out a long, sarcastic “Ve”.

“Okay, okay,” Celeste lifted a hand in a sign of peace. “We can walk straight to the Pokémon Centre.”

Another skeptic bark.

“What happened to enjoying the journey and all that?”

Aria smirked, affectionately tackling her trainer’s leg. When Celeste looked, however, her Pokémon was already sprinting away.

“Hey wait up,” she yelled. “You don’t even know where the Centre is and—”

She puffed, noticing Aria was not stopping, but wasted no time in sprinting after her best friend.

“You are not beating me to it,” she yelled, as she darted between the still arguing drivers. They shot her a confused look and the bus driver gasped, finally noticing the queue she’d left behind.

Celeste was not taking the bus, though.

With every step, her heart beat a little faster.

This was it. She was running toward her destiny.

This was the beginning of their journey. Once she got to the Centre, her life was going to change forever.

Once she got to the Centre, Celeste was going to be a real, proper Pokémon trainer.

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Read up to chapter 2 on Royal Road

Read up to chapter 56 on Ao3 FFN SB

[pokeghosty]

Hey you all! This account is to promote my long Pokémon fic, Shooting Star and see how my artistic and writing abilities develop and I move along with this project.

So, without further ado, my new cover!

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Title: Shooting Star

Rating: T

Status: Ongoing

Fandom: Pokémon

Summary:

Life is like an Electrode, you know? It will inevitably blow up in your face.

Meet Celeste Diaz, who at only fourteen, has travelled all over the world with her parents. She has a life most people can only dream of, and for the most part she was happy with it. Until one day, when the call for adventure strikes and she decides to leave it all behind.

Alongside her best friend, Aria, a snarky Eevee with an attitude, Celeste will set off a quest for independence and adventure. But, in a world where a hero with a Pikachu on his shoulders is still years away from being born, plucky legendaries and budding crime bosses run amok and trouble hides in every corner.

Link (FanFiction) (Ao3) (SB) (RR)

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Chapter 29 of Shooting Star

Celeste has a strange dream and is not sure of what is real and what is not.

Title: Shooting Star

Rating: T

Status: Ongoing

Fandom: Pokémon

Summary: Celeste had a good life. A great life even. She was a (very minor) celebrity, had an amazing eevee to hang out with and they got to travel around the world too. What else could a teenager want? Well, as it turns out, this teenager wanted to be a Pokémon trainer. And come distortion or Kyogre, she was going to be a good one.

Chapter 29 - Time at Lorelei's

Link (FFN): https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14183386/30/Shooting-Star

Link (Ao3): https://archiveofourown.org/works/44388316/chapters/118908646

Link (SB): https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shooting-star.1070318/page-3

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Chapter 28 of my fanfic Shooting Star today! With fanart!

Celeste’s and her friends compete on the second round of the Snowflake Cup. Will she and Delia have what it takes to continue on to the semifinals?

Title: Shooting Star

Rating: T

Status: Ongoing

Fandom: Pokémon

Summary: Celeste had a good life. A great life even. She was a (very minor) celebrity, had an amazing eevee to hang out with and they got to travel around the world too. What else could a teenager want? Well, as it turns out, this teenager wanted to be a Pokémon trainer. And come distortion or Kyogre, she was going to be a good one.

Chapter 28 - The Snowflake Cup: Gifted

Link (FanFiction): https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14183386/29/Shooting-Star

Link (Ao3): https://archiveofourown.org/works/44388316/chapters/118330678

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Hey! Check out the latest chapter of my Pokémon fanfic Shooting Star (or the whole thing really).

Title: Shooting Star

Rating: T

Status: Ongoing

Fandom: Pokémon

Summary: Celeste had a good life. A great life even. She was a (very minor) celebrity, had an amazing eevee to hang out with and they got to travel around the world too. What else could a teenager want? Well, as it turns out, this teenager wanted to be a Pokémon trainer. And come distortion or Kyogre, she was going to be a good one.

[pokeghosty]

Oh Arceus I definitely don’t know how to tumblr anymore.

Anyway, I’m promoting the latest chapter of my fic!

[pokeghosty]

Basically, I believe in promoting things you do. And since as of January I’m identifying myself as a ‘fanfic writer’ I am going to promote my fanfic writing here.

Anyway, I got old and don’t know how to tumblr anymore. Lets see if this works out.

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Title: Shooting Star

Rating: T

Status: Ongoing

Fandom: Pokémon

Summary: Celeste had a good life. A great life even. She was a (very minor) celebrity, had an amazing eevee to hang out with and they got to travel around the world too. What else could a teenager want? Well, as it turns out, this teenager wanted to be a Pokémon trainer. And come distortion or Kyogre, she was going to be a good one.

Link (FanFiction)

Link (Ao3)