Chapter 1: Crash in Sinoh! Eliza Arrives!
Eliza Elm, age 16, was returning from her journey in the Hoen Region. She has been traveling from her home in Johto ever since she was 10 years old after receving her first Pokemon, a Totodile named Splash, from her uncle, Professor Elm. She flew to his lab in Newbark Town on her Pidgeot's back.
Her uncle was watching from the window and came outside and said, "Welcome home Eliza! I bet your journey was a great one in the Hoen Region!"
"Yeah, it was." She said with a sigh.
"What's with the sigh? I bet it was fun especially with the interesting Pokemon even with the ones you sent back to me." He said.
"Well, it is nothing. Return Wind!" she exclaimed as she held out a Pokeball and her Pidgeot was returned.
Th both of them went inside and her Feraligatr saw her and came over to welcome her.
"Hey Splash! I bet uncle has been taking care of you as usual!" she exclaimed.
"Splash has been enjoying his days especially your Squirtle, Shells, from Kanto, and I bet your Hoen starter enjoyed your company, what was it again?" Elm asked.
"I decided on a fire type when I visited Birch, I chose Torchick and now it's a Blazeken." She answered.
"Amazing! I would like to look at it and also your five or shall I say four since you did call me to transfer Wind as a switch for your Mightyena." Elm said.
"Yeah, how is mom doing by the way back home?" she asked.
"She's doing fine. I think you should call her and tell her that you got back." He said as Eliza handed him her Pokeballs with her Pokemon.
She nodded and went over to the phone and called her mother.
"That's great that you returned!" her mother exclaimed.
"Yeah, I was even able to catch a lot of Pokemon while I was in Hoen." Eliza told her mother.
"Yeah, your uncle called me everytime your new Pokemon got transferred to his lab. He even called me about the Mightyena." Her mother said.
"That is uncle for you." Eliza said.
"By the way, I don't know if your uncle told you that there is a new region for trainers and it is known as the Sinoh Region. There are also new gyms and badges." Her mother said.
Eliza sighed and said, "I don't know if I am going to do anymore gym battles."
"What? What do you mean by that?"
"Every region I've been to has been nothing but gym battle after gym battle! I want to do something different." She answered.
"There is something else you can do, ask your uncle about it." Her mother said.
"Really? Maybe I should. Thanks mom, say hey to Jonathan for me alright?" Eliza said.
"Sure!" she exclaimed.
Eliza hung up and went to find her uncle where he was looking over her Delcaty.
"This is amazing! I never thought you would breed a great Pokemon!" he exclaimed.
"Well, I learned from the best I guess. My mother told me about a new region." Eliza said.
"Oh the Sinoh Region, it is a pretty big region around here and I send the trainers that come back there so they can meet new Pokemon and get more badges since there are a lot of new battles awaiting there!" Elm exclaimed.
"What if I don't want to do anymore gym battles?" she asked.
"Huh? What do you mean?" he asked as he adjusted his glasses.
"Well, my mother told me that there are other things to do besides gym battles." Eliza said.
"Yes there is actually, I was told about this by one of the trainers that switched from gym battles when she was in Hoen, she decided to go for Contests instead. Instead of badges, trainers receive ribbons and when they get enough they can compete in the Grand Festival! Is this what you want to do?" he asked.
"Of course! You said Sinoh right? I will take Wind with me and fly there now!" she exclaimed.
"Very well then, good luck and here are more Pokeballs and also I updated your Pokedex so you will be able to get new information and you still have my number in the PokeGear?" he asked.
"Of course!" she exclaimed.
"Well, good luck." He said and handed her things.
She took them and took her Pidgeot back and then went outside and got on Wind's back and flew off.
In Solaceon Town in Sinoh, Rusty was in the tower in the forest with his Raichu, Sparkplug, looking out for any storm clouds that maybe forming. He had news reports about bad storms forming around the region and that some of them maybe heading towards Solaceon.
"No clouds yet Sparkplug, that is a very good sign so far." He said.
"Rai Rai!" Sparkplug exclaimed.
"Hey Rusty!" he heard and looked out and saw one of the Solaceon rangers call out.
"What is it Stella?" he called down.
"Anything out there?" she asked.
"No sign of anything yet, once I see clouds, I will warn the town!" he answered.
"Good! We don't want the town have no warning like Celeste did!" Stella exclaimed and left.
"Yeah, since that happened, they had to close down the Spirit Tower to trainers that come to this region." He said and put the binoculars back up to his eyes and Sparkplug did the same After an hour, he looked at the horizon again after having dinner and saw storm clouds.
"Oh no, that means we will be having bad weather." He said and felt a strong breeze blow by and then he saw a spot in the sky and looked over with his binoculars and saw a girl on the back of a Pidgeot. "A trainer flying on a Pidgeot's back? What brings her here at a time like this? I better make sure she lands somewhere safely! Sparkplug return!"
He took out his Pokeball and returned Sparkplug and took out another and went down the tower's ladder and yelled, "Go Breeze!"
A Starraptor came out and got on its back and said, "Breeze, there is a trainer flying close to those storm clouds and we need to lead her away from them!"
"Starraptor!" Breeze exclaimed and took off and headed towards the Pidgeot.
Eliza and Wind were flying around when they felt a very strong wind come at them and they screamed.
"What was that?" Eliza asked and then noticed some of the clouds around her getting dark and becoming a little sinister.
"I don't like this! Not only that, I don't know where we are either, I hope we are Sinoh already and over a town!" Eliza exclaimed.
They heard thunder as Wind flew a little more and then they heard someone shout, "Hey!"
She looked and saw a guy with long hair and bandanna done in bandit style with ranger-like clothing on flying on a strange Pokemon.
"Hey, what is it?" she yelled back.
"You need to land right now! There is a storm coming to Solaceon!"
"Solaceon? Is that a town in Sinoh?"
"Yeah, you're flying right over it! You should land or your Pidgeot will get caught up in this storm!" he yelled.
"Then tell me where to land if you know where we are!" she yelled back and then a thunder clap hit right next to her and Wind and they ended up falling from the sky and screamed.
"Oh no!" Rusty exclaimed and flew after her.
On the ground, Eliza opened her eyes and found herself in the bushes that she and Wind ended up crashing in. She sat up and felt her arm hurting and cringed in pain and said, "Damn it…"
She looked around and saw her Pidgeot on the ground knocked out and ran over.
"Wind!"
She looked at him and saw that the wing had a big bruise.
"Wind…"
She heard a flap and then turned to see the guy land nearby and he got off and yelled, "Return Breeze!"
She saw the Pokemon return and asked, "What was that?"
She took out the Pokedex and tried to get the info and it started to speak but heard the voice coming in and out.
"damn, don't tell me that I broke it!"
"Arre you alright?" she heard the guy ask.
"No, my Pidgeot is hurt and so am I! Not only that my Pokedex is broken after I landed or shall I say crashed!" she answered.
"Okay, at least you're alive, that is good." The guy said and walked over and examined Wind. "We need to gget back to Solaceon in order to get it treated."
They heard the thunder again and she cringed from the noise.
"It looks like we can't get back before it hits. I guess I have to pitch a tent for the night." The guy said.
"Tell me something, what's with the clothes?" Eliza asked.
"Oh, I am a Pokemon Ranger here in Sinoh, there are a lot around here." He answered. "Now return your Pokemon to your Pokeball and get into the tent when I pitched it."
She nodded and did as she was told.
The rain started to fall and hardd when she came in. She looked at her broken Pokedex and sighed and said, "I just got thisup.
"Thanks for helping uh…what is your name?" Eliza asked.
"The name's Rusty and the Pokemon you saw was my Staraptor, Breeze. I guess you are new to this region. Where did you come from?" he asked.
"The Johto region, I guess I will tell you who I am, I am Eliza Elm. I am the niece of Proffessor Elm."
"He sounds familiar, I never been in that region."
"Which one?"
He was silent and then said, "I don't remember. I better get rready for sleep."
She nodded and she took out her sleeping bag and unrolled it. She took one last look at her Pokedex and sighed and said, "I can't believe that I broke it after one update."
Rusty put the lantern out and they went to sleep.
Author's Commentary
Hey guys, welcome to my newest fic! This is my very first Pokemon fic that I posted on here. I liked Pokemon for a few years and now only play the games since the series got repetitive after Advanced came around. What's the with the fic then? Well, when I got Soul Silver, I started thinking up the story for it. I was going to give Eliza a different name but then Wild Thornberries came into my head. (I know, old school!) Not only that, since Oak had a grandson, I know that Elm has a son but according to Silver and Gold, he has a young son, why not have a niece instead? Not only that, the name Eliza elm fits together. And with Rusty on the other hand, I thought it would nice to have a guy that is not Ash for once. Since we all know Ash's story from all the way from Kanto all the way to Sinoh. And of course Rusty has a mysterious past you will learn later on. Well, I guess I should leave it at that and you will meet other characters in this, so stay tuned!dated."
"I guess you have to see Professor Rowan in Twinleaf Town." The guy said as he took out his first aid. "Now show me where it hurts."
She did and he started to bandage her arm.
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