GRUNT, salem smith

SALEM SMITH

History

her story is simple and sweet, like anyone else's. yet it cliche more than anything. her father was the son of a noble pokemon doctor, and her mother a simple maid. her mother cleaned, swept, and washed every dish. yet her father loved her sweetness despite her job. he loved her kind eyes and her brave smile which ignited passion in any man. so, with a ring in hand, he proposed to her. and of course, she said yes! she couldn't be happier! her grandfather approved of this marriage seeing that he enjoyed her company and paid for the whole wedding himself. a few years later, salem was born into this world with her mother's ocean colored eyes and her father's deep brown hair.

chubby cheeks, small lips paired with a cute smile, and a ditsy exterior, salem was loved by most. there was that feeling by everyone that she was going to be a somebody someday. she was hauntingly pretty like her mother and had the social tendencies of her father. she was perfect, her mother would say often, hugging her to her chest. and salem took it all to stride because it was good to feel wanted, to be looked at like a precious gem and praised for each deed. her childhood was sheltered from the bad things in life, and being born in unova, such a high-tech society seemed to be the best playground for her growing mind. that was until team plasma came.



she was in her early teen years when they came to "liberate" all pokemon from their owners. it frightened her because she didn't want her own pokemon taken away from her. she just got one, and getting it taken away was no on her to-do list. in school she was a fond and popular sight to be seen, fluttering her eyelashes and giving demure smiles and working as hard as she could. friends came and went with her, and it was hard to find someone to trust in the mist of it all. especially with team plasma on the loose, people were joining their cause left and right which often meant missing school or simply dropping out to go fight for them. salem tried to keep up with it all, even when her father's side of the family became affiliated with them. this made her miserable because how could they let that happen? they were supposed to be good people and now they helped plasma like slaves!

training was made even harder because she had to win, she had to persevere through this. she would have never been in this whole mess if he had not convinced her that day.



she met him in the summer. his gaze was clear, his smile was even more charming than her own. yet, it had that malicious, cunning glint to it that made her flock to him like a fly on rotten meat. he was to be her husband. a arranged marriage she learned of yet she did not care about. his beauty amounted to her's swimmingly, yet she did not truly love him as he loved her. he was also a clever plot by her father - if she married him, she'd be married into team plasma. when she figured this out, she became a lot more rebellious. as beautiful as he was... she did not love him and she knew she never would. this man pursued her hotly, his hands were a bit too grabby, his eyes were too big and expressive. salem does not like him one bit. he had a voice like sugar, sweet and artificial. maybe this why she hated him so much. because he did actually love her but did not know how to express his love.

she spoke to her father about this and he simply told her with his kind eyes and strong laughing face that she did not have to if she did not want to. but she really did not want to disappointed her beloved father so she agreed on one condition: that she did not have to get married to that man. she'd join team plasma because he wanted her to. her father was overjoyed and agreed heartily. the arranged marriage was called off yet the man did not give up. he said he loved her, and she simply folded her arms and turned her head, pouting. he sent her flowers, the finest gems, anything for her to love him. but she did not. she wants more than material things.

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