<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rachel Stone &lt;Trainer&gt;</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Name:</strong>  Rachel Stone<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong> 18 <br/><br/><strong>Appearance:</strong> <br/>(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs9/i/2006/048/4/7/Dont_Touch__Silver__by_HollowEidolon.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Specialization:</strong> Royality and Family (Consider it Various if need be)<br/><br/><strong>Orientation:</strong> Bi-Sexual, but a preference to Males<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong> Though considered by some to be as cold as the Steel that she loves, she is nothing like that.  Only in battle do her eyes harden and glint like a blade.  In truth, she has to be tough, because that is the only way to get out of her father's shadow.  Once someone knows her, she is very kind and loving.  Above all, she wants to become a better battler and understand the ways of Pokemon as well as their interactions with their trainers.<br/><br/><strong>Hometown and Region:</strong> Rustboro City, Hoenn.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong> <br/>Rachel was born in Rustboro city, much to the pleasure of her father, Steven Stone (~27 years old), and her mother, Roxanne (~20 years old) (Note that neither are married, nor would they ever be).  Throughout her early life, Rachel recieved the best education possible under her mother's guidence.  At the age of ten, she was ready to be sent out to visit Professor Birch, of whom she thought was like an uncle.  However, while Rachel and her father flew to Littleroot, they came across a group of men in strange uniforms with a large, red "R" on their chests carrying cages filled with Slowpoke.  Steven Stone, ever the hero had his Skarmory swoop down and land, where he told Rachel to hide.  After she was safe, he brought out his Metagross and proceded to defeat them all without a scratch.  Rachel then came out while her father's pokemon held the men down and began freeing the trapped Slowpoke.  Once the athorities arrived and arrested the men, rogue members of Team Rocket wanted for the illegal sale of "Slowpoke Tail," Rachel found that one of the captured pokemon was following her.  This one seemed to be a little smarter than the others.  With a smile, she cried out, <em>"Dad!  I want this pokemon!"</em>  With that, the Slowpoke became her first pokemon.<br/><br/>Five years later, after finally beating her mom in a one-on-one battle with her Slowpoke against her mother's Nosepass, Rachel was given a gift by her parents for such good work:  A King's Rock from her mother and an Egg from her father.  At this point, Rachel didn't know what the King's Rock did, something that her mother kept from her ever since she chose Slowpoke as her pokemon.  When she asked, Rachel was told to go to the lake outside Rustboro and place the Rock on Slowpoke's head.  Rachel did just that and, not ten minutes after her Slowpoke started to fish with it's tail did a Shelder leap out of the water and clamp onto Slowpoke's head!  Rachel watched in facination as Slowpoke evolved into Slowking.  <br/><br/>Nearly a year later, the egg hatched into a Beldum, a shiny Beldum at that!  Once the Beldum had become less of an infant, after another year of training, Rachel's father recieved a letter from a new region that was formed by the name of "Tasmina."  After some comunication between him and the Elite Four, they agreed to have Rachel come and try their growing league.  She has shown much promise as a trainer and was the son of the great Steven Stone himself.  What better way to open a new league than to bring in trainers with heart and soul?<br/><br/>The next week, Rachel was flown to Tetso where her adventure begins..........<br/><br/><strong>Starting Team:</strong> <br/><span class="bbc_u">Slowking:</span><br/>(http://veekun.com/dex/media/pokemon/main-sprites/black-white/199.png)<br/><span class="bbc_u">Moves:</span>  Water Gun (Lv.9), Power Gym (Heart Scale used), Confusion (Lv.14), Flamethrower (TM used)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Beldum:</span><br/>(http://veekun.com/dex/media/pokemon/main-sprites/black-white/shiny/374.png)<br/><span class="bbc_u">Moves:</span>  Take Down (Knows from start), Iron Defense (Tutor), Iron Head (Tutor)<br/></div></div>