Emily Cooper/History

## Pre-Series

Emily Cooper was born in Lavender in the Kanto Region. Her parents' name were Alice and Oliver, and they were fossil scientists. She also has a grandmother named Beth.

As a 7 year-old, she once watched the Colosseum Battles, and she started to like it. She now understands that she always wants to be a Colosseum Master one day. Her mother sees that this might be her dream and both of her parents were proud of her.

One day, Emily and her mother went to Pallet to visit Professor Samuel Oak at his Lab. At the time, Samuel and Alice were researching about the Fossil of Aerodactyl. After a few moments, Samuel allows Emily to go see many Pokémon around the Laboratory's Oak Corral and told her that someone else is coming to visit with a boy, making Emily excited.

So Emily went around the Corral and saw many Pokémon. Thinking that they are cute, she runs around, playing with the Pokémon. A few minutes later, she came to a lake and sat on the grass watching lots of Water-Type Pokémon swimming and splashing. When Emily saw many Butterfree, she watched them flying in the sky.

20 minutes later, Emily saw a boy named Will Brennan, who just arrived at Samuel's Lab, looking at some Water-Type Pokémon. Emily was excited to meet him, but she thought of an idea. She lies on the grass and pretends to be asleep and stiff. When Will turns to his left, he sees Emily asleep and tries to wake her up to see if she's alright. When she opened her eyes, she saw that Will looked so handsome and has same hair and eye color as her. Will was relieved that Emily's alright and was worried, and she blushes.

After that, Will & Emily introduced themselves and had a chat together. Later, they started to play together and see many more Pokémon together. Soon enough, they become good friends. Then they went into the forest to find some more Pokémon, but they walked a bit too far from the Laboratory's Oak Corral, and Will & Emily came across another lake to see more Water-Type Pokémon. But then, a Gyarados jumps out of the water and roars at Will and Emily, making them run off in panic. While they were running, they came across a hill and end up falling and rolling down to the bottom of the hill.

When Will woke up first, he rushed over to Emily if she's alright. When she woke up, he saw that she hurt her right leg. Will tries to help her, but they seem to be a bit too far from Oak Corral. Emily was sad since she thinks it's her fault that she toke Will to the forest a bit too far from the Lab, but Will didn't accept it since he knew that Emily just wanted to play with new friends. Emily started to cry now that she can't use her right leg, being very worried that she and Will would never get back to the Lab.

Will tries to cheer her up and looked after her while trying to help. Emily thinks Will was so sweet and they had another nice chat about their life. But then, a Mythical Pokémon, Mew, appeared from the lake and approaches Will and Emily, making them so amazed. Mew saw that Emily's right leg was injured and started to heal her leg. After that, Emily tried to get up slowly, and she was amazed that she can walk again and so was Will. They thanked Mew for all its help, and then Mew flew away a disappeared, leaving Will and Emily while they were telling it to come back. After Mew was gone, Will and Emily went to find their way back to Samuel's Lab. While they were walking back, Emily held on to Will's left arm and smiles while blushing, causing Will to blush and feel embarrassed. However, he still smiles at Emily a bit.

When they made it back to the Lab, their families were so worried about Will and Emily. The two kids told them that they were fine and also all about Mew, causing their families to be surprised to hear of what Will & Emily said. Later, they had a lovely dinner at Samuel's Lab. During this time, Emily became surprised when Will earns his Harmony Mark by using his newly-awakened fire powers to help heat up the food.

When the sun was setting, it was time for Alice and Emily to go home to Lavender. Emily was sad to say goodbye to Will, but he had an idea, saying that "when [they] became Trainers, [they] would see each other again and might travel together someday." Emily thinks it's a great idea and it made her feel better. When Emily and her mother were about to leave, Emily wanted to say one last thing. She gave Will a kiss on his cheek to say "thank you" before she left for home with her mother.

On their way home, Emily and Alice had found an Egg that was dropped out of a van owned by Team Rocket, who have stolen some Eggs from a farm and were being delivered to Team Rocket's Headquarters. Emily and Alice wonder where did it come from and Alice decides that she and Emily must bring it back home and take good care of it until it hatches. Emily was amazed and loved to see a Pokémon hatching and see what kind of Pokémon it is. So in the end, they toke the Egg back to their house at Lavander and showed Oliver what Emily and Alice found. Little did Emily know, her parents and grandmother knew what was going to happen next.

A few days later, the Egg hatched into a Eevee with a heart-shaped tail, which make Eevee a female. Emily was so amazed and thinks she's so cute, and Eevee looked and sniffed at Emily, then starting to like her and play with Emily. Her family was so happy for them and think she's so cute too. Her parents decide to let Emily keep Eevee as long as she takes good care of Eevee, especially since Alice thought that Emily would travel with Eevee together in her Pokémon journey. Once again, Emily thinks it's a great idea and was so happy and accepted keeping the Eevee as a family member that she decided to nickname her Eevee "Vivi" and make her her little sister, resulting in the girl earning her Harmony Mark. Alice, however, noticed that Emily had not yet awakened her magic, which was strange, even though she now had a Power Necklace.

3 years later, Emily & her Vivi saw a Charmander (a female one) being attacked by a bunch of Beedrill, and they had to save her. After Emily finally awakens her magic and has Vivi use Swift as well on the Beedrill before they fly away, Emily checks to see if Charmander's alright and saw that she was hurt badly. In the end, she toke her to the Pokémon Center so Nurse Joy can cure her. 1 hour later, Nurse Joy told Emily that Charmander is fine. She went to see it and Charmander was fully recovered. After that, Emily & Vivi went for a walk with Charmander, playing with her and also feed Charmander since Emily didn't want her to be afraid & hate humans. Charmander wasn't even afraid and started to like Emily since she saved her life from the Beedrill and was only trying to help and look after her. Then Emily was thinking if Charmander would like to come live with her and her family before going on a Pokémon journey with them. Since she thought it would be so fun, Charmander accepted it. So in the end, Emily used her Poké Ball to catch Charmander and it worked, making Emily have two Pokémon in her team and in the family too. Emily also decides to nickname Charmander "Matilda." By the time Emily returns home, Alice reveals that the reason why her magic didn't awaken until this point was because she didn't have the strength to master its awakening, making Emily a bit embarrased.

5 months later, Alice became ill and was not feeling well for two weeks, and the doctor told Oliver that she isn't going to make it. So when Emily, her family and her Pokémon Vivi & Matilda came to see Alice in her room, she said something that changed her daughter's life and also her last words to her: "Emily... my beautiful child... you know... your Pokémon adventure will begin, right? [...] I will be with you dear... but you must promise me... [...] You must go on your journey to become a Colosseum Master along with Vivi, Matilda and the other Pokémon you will catch cause it's your dream and your choice. [.....] And you must stay strong on your adventure, Emily. You have Vivi and Matilda by your side, and you won't be alone everyday, my dear. [...] Vivi... Matilda... you two have been wonderful Pokémon to my daughter and our family. I thank you... [...] Please look after her on her Pokémon adventure, will you? [...] Oh, that's right. Emily... I understand now. You are...a Chosen One. You will become a hero to all, and your actions will help shape the future. Please stay strong...for all of us. [...] You all have been... a wonderful family... and... I love you..." Alice then passed away and Emily cried so hard.

A few days later, after the funeral, Emily finally decides to go on her adventure and do Colosseum Battles. When she was packing her stuff, Beth sees her packing and Emily went to explain. Later, Oliver helped her pack since he and Beth knew that Emily was now ready. When she was ready to go, Oliver gives a Key Stone to Emily for Matilda when she becomes a Charizard someday. It was a surprise, and he told Emily that she will find out soon enough. Emily then set off to become the new Colosseum Master.