Chapter 1 - A New Adventure

The breeze blew softly in the trees, creating a peaceful orchestra of brushing leaves. A Ralts walked down the path through the forest to Baram Town, where he plans to use the Lapras Liner Pass he purchased to get to the Water Continent. Today's the day, he thought to himself, barely able to contain his excitement. I'm finally going to go to Lively Town and join the Expedition Society! Then every one will know about Alexander the Ralts! With this thought, Alexander couldn't contain himself any longer. He ran down the path, eager to begin his new life as an adventurer.

Baram Town is a quaint little village on the Air Continent which, despite it being centuries old, still has it's large, iconic windmill in the center of town. Alexander loved the little village and knew it and the Pokémon there well, though not living there himself. "Hello Alexander," called a voice from his right. He turned to see who it was, and found it was none other than the shopkeeper, Kecleon. "Hello Kecleon. What do you need?" The Kecleon smiled, nodded, then fished around the back of his booth for a moment. He then proceeded to place a small leather bag with one strap on the counter. "An explorer bag for you my friend. A parting gift from me, free of charge!" Kecleon then leaned in closer and whispered, "But only this time." Alexander, surprised by the sudden change in demeanor, quickly grabbed the bag and placed it over his shoulder. "Thanks Kecleon! I promise its in good hands."

Alexander then, after saying goodbye to the friendly shopkeeper, made his way down to the dock where Lapras would be. "Good morning Lapras," greeted Alexander excited for his trip, "How are you today?" The Lapras turned her head and smiled, saying,"I'm fine, thank you. The sea is calm and the weather is clear. Its a perfect day for traveling." Alexander couldn't agree more. "Well that's perfect, because that's the reason I'm here." Lapras chuckled to herself and said,"I figured that was the reason you were here. Now, may I see your pass please?" Alexander showed her the pass he bought a few days ago and the Lapras smiled, "The Water Continent? Very well. Climb aboard and let's set sail." Alexander complied and climbed on the Lapras's shell, positioning himself just right so that he could enjoy the long ride to Lively Town, and his new home.

Alexander didn't even notice he had fallen asleep. When Lapras arrived at the Water Continent, Alexander was just waking up. "How long was I out?" Alexander asked, stretching. "About five hours." Lapras replied, sounding a bit tired herself. This answer surprised him. Five hours?! I was asleep on a moving Pokémon for five hours? Wow. After a couple more minutes he was now fully awake, and, after waving goodbye to Lapras, was making his way to the Expedition Society headquarters. Lively Town was a small bustling town filled with many Pokémon. Although it was technically bigger than Baram Town, Lively Town was only bigger by a few houses, though the close proximity of them to each other gave it the appearance of a much bigger town.

However the main appeal of Lively Town was not it's size, but the Expedition Society HQ. The Expedition Society is a group of explorers who work son completing a map of the world and helping other Pokémon. However, the former seems to be a much harder job than the Society anticipated. They've had to restart the map multiple times due to the main system of the HQ, A.K.A. the Pokémon Nexus, being destroyed over and over again. Now however, the map is the nearest to complete it has ever been. That is thanks to the new leaders of the Expedition Society, Foli the Serperior and Blaze the Typhlosion. After they saved the world from Dark Matter, the literal embodiment of all hate and evil, the old leader, Ampharos, stepped down and made the duo the new leaders of the Expedition Society. After promoting them, Ampharos then decided to just go where the wind took him and set out to journey the world.

"Well," Alexander said aloud, "No time like the present." With this he then walked in the direction of the HQ and decided it would be better to knock on the door, instead just barging in. After a couple of seconds, he heard a rather high pitched voice call out, "One moment please!" Alexander, listening to the voice, waited until the door opened, revealing a rather small, brown and yellow, mouse Pokémon with a long tail and oddly shaped whiskers. "Hello there." said the small Pokémon, " What do you need?" This is it! Alexander thought. He then calmed down and said clearly, "I'd like to join the Expedition Society please." The small mouse Pokémon just smiled and said, "Really? That's great! We always need more recruits." Alexander tried with all his might to refrain from jumping up and down with joy, instead just smiling and nodding his head. The mouse Pokémon the gestured for him to follow her into the headquarters.

The inside of the headquarters was rather clean and organized, with shelves of books all arranged by alphabetical order. Wow! What an impressive place! Its better than I thought it would be! Alexander thought, completely awestruck just from the meeting hall alone. "Welcome to the Expedition Society's base of operations," the mouse Pokémon said, waving her left arm in a rainbow shape, "I'm Dedenne. I help with communications between Society members and HQ." Communications? Like electronically? Alexander pondered, confused."I will now take you to see the leaders of the Society." Alexander nodded in acknowledgment, and continued to follow Dedenne up the stairs and to a room to the right. On the door was a symbol of a fire with a leaf in the center, untouched by the flames. This was the symbol of the Expedition Society, and was on the badges that Society members wore.

When the duo reached the door, Dedenne knocked on the door and asked, "Hello? Is anyone in there?" From the other side of the door, a young but regal female voice replied, "Yes Dedenne. What do you need?" Dedenne's face relaxed at the sound of the female Pokémon's voice and then Dedenne replied, "I have a new recruit who wants to join the Society." "Wonderful!" the voice replied, almost ecstatic. "Bring them in right away!" "Yes ma'am!" replied Dedenne, opening the door and gesturing for Alexander to enter.

The first thing that caught Alexander's eye was the massive grass snake Pokémon who was sitting at a desk, and smiled upon seeing him enter. The second was how the room itself looked. It was like a volcano and a jungle were placed right next to each other. One half of the room was a vibrant green, with vines growing on the walls, and flowers growing on the floor. The other half had craggy rocks and volcanic glass on the walls and floor, coloring that side a dark shade of orange red. Finally he noticed there was only one Pokémon in the room. Weird, he thought I could've sworn there were two leaders.

The grass snake suddenly spoke, slightly startling the Ralts. "Hello there. My name's Foli and I'm a Serperior. I'm also one of the leaders of the Expedition Society. I'm excited that you decide to join us. We love getting new recruits." The Serperior's sudden bombardment of information was overwhelming Alexander. Foli suddenly realized she was rambling and quickly caught herself saying, "But enough about me and the Society. What's your name?" "My name is Alexander ma'am, and I want to be an explorer." This response visibly pleased Foli, and she rummaged around in her desk for an Expedition Gadget.

"Here you are Alexander. Your very own Expedition Gadget." Alexander grabbed the Gadget from Foli's vine and held it in his hands. "With this device and the Connection Orb that comes with it, not only can you see the connections that Pokémon have with each other, you can also see the needs of other Pokémon around you." Wow, Alexander thought, This little device can do all of that? "Now that that's out of the way, You're going to need a team name for yourself and any other Pokémon who might join you in the future.

This was it. He was finally naming his own team, but what to call it. He needed a name that had a certain ring to it. It needed to have an impact. Then he knew just what to type. T-E-M-P-E-S-T. Tempest. Team Tempest. Perfect, he thought, while typing. "Well, your all set. The first mission of team Tempest can even start right now." "Really?" Alexander asked, surprised. "Absolutely. Its still the morning so, one simple mission, dinner, then introductions to the rest of the Society. Yep you're all set to go on a mission."

Alexander was ready to complete his mission for the day. Foli explained how the gadgets worked, from the Connection Orb to the job list. Then, after saying goodbye to Foli and Dedenne, Alexander went out to complete his mission. However, on the way there he saw something strange. Is that a Pokémon, he pondered, walking up to the object he had seen. Oh no! They're unconscious! What happened? He began to panic.

Calming down he asked, "Hello?" No response. "Hey, are you okay?" Then the Pokémon stirred and Alexander sighed in relief when he saw the eyes of the Larvitar flutter open.

A/N

Ooh, cliffhanger. Don't you just love those. Anyways, hey guys Simplisticwolf here to say, this is my first fanfic, and first time writing ever for other people so, feedback is appreciated.

Also, I would love OCs. I need some characters to fill the new Expedition Society with so, send 'em my way. Just one per person though. I will pair them with other characters that seem compatible.

Please submit in this format:

Name:

Species:

Personality Traits/Quirks:

Likes:

Dislikes:

Backstory: (If I like this part enough, they might become either a member of the main team, or a major supporting character)

Can I change their personality with major event: (Events like near death experience or bonding with team)

Okay if they die: (Warning, Character Death is possible though not descriptive i.e. Falling into a crevasse or sacrificing self for others escape)

And with that I now say... Byes. ;-)