Oops! Forgot about cut + paste acting up again! *Droop*

Title: Collector
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: N/A
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #48, Collection
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Warnings: None

Lawrence isn’t quite sure when he became a Collector. Of course, it started when he was a child, but after that, the drive simply continued. From cards it progressed to dolls and figures, and when he left home with a Spearow in his backpack and a six-pack of poke balls, he was ready to take on the world.

He soon found out that most pokemon were too commonplace to interest him, but once in a while, he’d catch a glimpse of something more, and when he traded his Fearow off to a drunken gambler for a Growlithe, he began to understand that pieces… could be acquired.

The revelation was startling, and more importantly, useful.

Five years later, as he prepared to add Lugia to his collection, he still burned with childish joy.

End Fic

Completed 9/18/07

I feel awake but I really don’t want to study genetics or anatomy right now…

3 minutes!