On a small island about 4000 miles outside the orange islands a population thrived in prosperity, these people were called the Crystavians. Thus the island was named the Crystave Island, home to about 3000 people. This island had about 7 major towns and about 13 minor towns. This island also had a pokemon league called the Gem league. In order to enter this league one had to fight 7 gym leaders from each major city, and gather the 7 Gem badges. The first town that one had to compete in was the tiniest of them all, Diamond city, home of the diamond gym.

This island had all the necessities of what one would need in order to thrive, places to get food, buy things and live like normal people. Another organization was the Poke Center. This had its usual nurse Joy, but she did not work alone in healing Pokemon, A girl named Kurai also helped by taking in abandoned and abused Pokemon, nursing them back to help them heal then giving them to Nurse Joy to find a house for the poor creatures.

Kurai though always dreamed of being a competitor in the Gem league so she went and told nurse Joy about her dream. Nurse Joy just smiled at the young and ambitious girl. "If that is what you dream of then do it while you are still young."

"Yeah but what about my job here?" Kurai looked down at the floor of the Poke Center in dismay "Who will look after the Pokemon?"

"I will, Kurai if this is what you want to do then I would not mind watching after the Pokemon for you and I am sure your little sister and your mom would love to help."

Kurai looked up at the nurse and smiled "Do you mean it?" She asked.

"I sure do, as a matter of fact I have some extra equipment from when professor Meklaud handed out the pokemon a week ago, but you will have to go to him to get your pokedex."

Kurai nodded enthusiastically as Nurse Joy gave her 8 vocal collars, a call watch and 7 poke balls. "Remember to call me when you get to Jade city, ok" Nurse Joy winked.

Since Kurai had grown up in this town she knew it would be useless to challenge the gym leader, he had very strong pokemon and only experienced trainers battled him. The gym leader had been a long time friend with her mother and she had grown to love the man more then her own father. Then again she had known her father since he died when she was five years old, she would have to go say goodbye to her friend.

Kurai stepped out of the Poke Center and made her way to professor Meklaud's lab, when she got there she was not surprised to see the young professor bent over a book about poke evolution (his specialty). "Grandpa Meklaud!" Kurai exclaimed; she had always called him grandpa even though he was only in his late 30's. He turned away from the book to face the exited teen and gave her a hug.

"So what brings my favorite grandchild in the lab today" He asked once he let the child go.

Kurai giggled at the grandchild thing, everyone in the town had helped to take care of her once her father died. "Um Grandpa, I need a pokedex."

Meklaud's eyes lit up with pride "So finally you set out on your first pokemon journey." He tousled her hair a bit before going to one of his drawers and pulling out a pokedex and handing it to her. "Alas I am sorry that I have no pokemon to give you." He apologized.

"It's ok, I will use Shadow" Kurai exclaimed. Shadow was an abused Sneasel that she had found in the forest one day, actually he was the reason that she started caring for abused and abandoned pokemon. He was her first and she had grown attached to him. He was her best and only friend.

Professor Meklaud smiled at Kurai and pushed her gently to the door, "be sure to call once in a while to tell me how you are doing along your journey ok."

Kurai nodded before putting the pokedex in her back pocket and running towards her house where she ran inside and grabbed her poke belt. Kurai put it on, currently there was only one poke ball on the belt and that was Shadow's, so she filled up the rest of the slots. Kurai grabbed her backpack and put the collars in there along with clothes and other necessities. Kurai then closed her backpack and slung it over her shoulder before looking in the mirror at her reflection.

She was about 5' 6", she had long white hair that fell gently down to her waist and stunning silver eyes. She wore a white diamond cut spaghetti strap tank top with blue caprice. She had on tennis shoes and anklets, around her neck was a necklace that had a pendant shaped after the diamond badge, and it was even made out of diamond. The gym leader had given it to her when she was seven. She was wearing town thick bracelets around her wrists and her poke belt around her waist. The last item was on her head, it was a blue bandana, the one her father had worn when he was a pokemon trainer.

Kurai smiled at her reflection and ran downstairs where her mom and sister were waiting, her mom had a smile on her face and her older sister wore a scowl. "I am so proud of you, Nurse Joy called and told me all about it." Kurai ran to her mom and gave her a big hug.

"Thanks mom" She said and then turned to her sister "Bye sis."

"Yeah. Yeah just don't screw up to bad" Her sister then smiled and gave her a hug. With her families consent Kurai set out toward the Diamond Gym and walked in, the halls were elegantly made out of carved marble. Kurai walked down the hall to the gym floor where her friend was fighting a challenger. Her friend had out a dragonair and the challenger had out a Nidoking. Both challengers looked tired, from past experiences Kurai knew that her friend was only on his second Pokemon, which surprised her, hardly anyone could beet his prized Arcanine.

With one command her friend's dragonair launched and attack and sent the Nidoking sprawling ending the battle for the competitor, her friend congratulated his opponent and showed him out before turning back to Kurai.

"Hey little sis, why so decked out?" He asked flicking his golden blonde hair out of his blue eyes.

"I am going to go compete in the Gem league" Kurai said in a somewhat shaky voice, she knew that now her and her "big brother" (Friend) were going to become enemies, but her big brother just smiled.

"that's awesome little sis" He knelt down in front of her and looked into her eyes, seeing her distress he gave her a soft hug. "Hey I will always be here for you, we will never be enemies got that?"

Kurai smiled and nodded.

"You got a pokemon yet?" He asked.

Kurai again nodded and showed her Shadow's poke ball. "Yeah I got Shadow."

"You mind taking another one?" HE asked, and seeing the confusion on her face her brought out a poke ball with a flame sketched on the front of it. Kurai gasped, it was her big brothers second strongest pokemon, his Ninetails.

"I cant take your Ninetails" Kurai whispered.

He smiled and removed one of her empty Poke balls from around her waist and put Ninetails ball where the other had been, with that done he unzipped her backpack and put the empty ball inside. "Then I am lending her to you, until you win the Gem league ok?" He asked.

Kurai nodded and gave him a big hug "Thanks big brother" She whispered into his denim jacket. He hugged her back.

"No problem, you had better get going, make Diamond city proud of you Kurai ok?" Kurai nodded once before running out of the gym, down the halls and out of her brothers "palace" she could not stand goodbyes. Kurai ran until she reached Shade forest where she stopped and turned to take one last look at her child hood city. Tear ran down her face as she said farewell and took off down the path into the forest. She would win for them.

As Kurai walked through the forest she thought about what it would be like to win the league cup, as she thought about what she was going to say another thought struck her and she smacked herself upside the head. She took out Shadow's poke ball and released the pokemon who looked around a bit confused. Kurai reached in her backpack and took out one of her vocal collars and strapped it around her partner's neck.

"There we go, ok Shadow you can talk" Kurai stated.

Shadow looked a bit confused at first then smiled as he realized what she had put on him "Where are we Kurai?" Eh asked.

"We are in Shade forest, I decided to become a pokemon trainer" Shadow nodded and looked down at her belt.

Again Kurai took out a poke ball only this one had a flame carved on the front, "Come on out Flamina" She said while pressing the button to release the magnificent Ninetails. The Ninetails looked normal enough except for the odd silver coloring that graced its fur, she was unique and very strong. Kurai looked at her throat and noticed that a collar was already fastened there. "Hey there Flamina" Kurai greeted.

Flamina looked at her curiously "Where is Kaiygan?" She asked in a voice that sounded like chimes in a breeze, where as Shadow's was a low hiss.

"He let me barrow you so that I could win the Gem cup" She answered lightly.

The firedog just shrugged her petite shoulders and looked at Shadow, then at Kurai again "Well I did say I wanted an adventure" Kurai smiled and walked up to the pokemon as she crouched down. Kurai licked up shadow and placed him on her shoulder before getting on the back of the Pokemon that showed no signs of the weight on her back. In one bound the Ninetails was off at an amazing speed, Kurai laughed as her hair blew out behind her, she bent forward on the foxes back and hung on to her silver fur as they flashed through the forest.

Kurai had never been this far away from home before and she had a sudden surge of dread, which she forced down. Kurai sat still and enjoyed the scenery as they raced by, Kurai again let out a laughed and whooped. Shadow just held on to her shoulder for dear life, finally giving up on having a smooth ride the Sneasel pushed the button on his poke ball and was sucked back in. Kurai just shook her head and held on tighter as the fox leapt over a small gorge. About 30 minutes into the forest Kurai slowed down the Fox with a small tug on her mane. Kurai got down, reached in her backpack and took out a small map.

"We are never going to make it out of this forest by night time, why don't we stop to rest for the night?" Kurai asked the pokemon as she rolled up the map and took a look at the sunset. Flamina nodded and they both walked to a small clearing where they saw a small Ponyta eating grass. Kurai smiled and crouched down in anticipation. "Lets go get him Flamina" Kurai said as she pointed at the lone Ponyta.

Flamina nodded and they both leapt out of the brush they had been hiding under just in time to see a Rapidash looming over them. Obviously this was the mother and she saw the danger to her infant. Kurai let out a short scream as a hove came down and slammed into her head knocking her unconscious. Flamina growled and charged at the Rapidash with a quick attack, she hit the Rapidash at amazing speed and knocked the animal to its legs. The Rapidash stood quickly and sent a fire spin at Flamina who dodged the attack and shot one of her own, hitting the Rapidash and sending it back a couple of steps. Flamina was about to use another when a human ran in front of the injured Rapidash and threw her hands out to her side defending the wounded beast.

"Stop hurting my Rapidash" She yelled at the enraged Fox.

Flamina growled low in her throat "Then you should teach it not to attack people" She yelled back.

"Attack people?" The girl asked.

Flamina nodded over her shoulder where Kurai laid sprawled on the ground with blood gushing from her injured forehead. The girl gasped at the sight of the injured Kurai, the girl ran up to Kurai, tore off a piece of her shirt and wrapped it around the wound. She lifted the unconscious teen and put her on the back of her Rapidash. She then turned back to Flamina who was eyeing her warily. "We need to get medical attention quickly before she bleeds to death." With that the girl and her Rapidash were off with a wary Flamina following shortly behind.

The trio made there way though the forest and soon entered another clearing that had a farm in the middle of it with all kinds of farm pokemon pasturing around it. The girl took Kurai and laid her on a bed in one of the far room, she got a cloth and cleaned the wound before putting some healing ointments on it and wrapping it up, she took of Kurai bandana and made then girl comfortable. With her patient comfortable and sleeping soundly she turned back to her other guest who was just now pushing the button of one of her trainers poke balls, sending out a sleepy looking Sneasel. The Sneasel paled at the sight of his trainer lying on the bed pail as a ghost and unconscious, he skirted around the girl softly then jumped on the bed and curled up next to his trainer growling lightly at the girl.

Seeing that she was going to get no answer at the enraged Sneasel she turned back to the Ninetails who was sitting there patiently. The girl took a deep breath and let it out slowly before starting to talk "My name is Fiorie, I am would like to apologize for my Rapidash's behavior, she must have thought you were going to attack her infant."

"We were" The Ninetails stated bluntly.

"Oh" was all Fiorie said "Well the it is your own fault you got attacked."

"And how is that?" The pokemon asked a bit peeved.

"Well my pokemon was merely protecting her young" Fiorie stated.

Flamina smiled at that answer "Well in that case she should have attacked me, not my trainer who is defenseless against a 200 pound horse."

Fiorie shook her head "My Rapidash panicked, she lased out at the nearest person/pokemon around" She fought back.

Flamina shook her shaggy head "In that case I should have lashed out at you when you were defending your Rapidash, because in your eyes, if something is panicked it has the right to hurt defenseless beings. I was in a panic because my trainer was bleeding to death, I had revenge on my mind and had you not showed up I would have knocked you horse out. So if we go by your logic I should have blasted you out of my way to that I could get to the real threat."

Fiorie was at a loss for words, what this Ninetails said was true, she had all the right to attack Fiorie yet she did not. Fiorie sighed and shook her head "Your right."

Flamina nodded and lay down on the cold wood. She then looked back at Fiorie who was looking down at Kurai with shame in her eyes. "My name is Flamina and the Sneasel over there is Shadow, don't worry about Kurai if I know her she will be up in no time complaining about her stomach hurting."

Fiorie smiled, got up and walked over to Flamina, she gave the fire fox a hug before leaving the room and going to her won fro some rest. Flamina then curled up into a small ball and fell asleep.



Fiorie was awakened from her sleep by the sounds of talking, it had been about a week since she met the trainer and her pokemon. Fiorie got up and walked over to the guest room where her guests were staying, when she peeked in she smiled at the site before her eyes. The girl Kurai was up and talking to her pokemon, she seemed all right but she would wince every couple of seconds because of a headache.

Fiorie walked into the room and smiled at Kurai when she looked up at her, Kurai just bowed her head a little "I am sorry for all the trouble I have caused" She whispered.

Fiorie smiled and sat by the trainer on the bed "that's ok, in reality my Rapidash caused more trouble then you did."

Kurai looked up at Fiorie "well at least let me make it up to you somehow" Kurai asked.

Fiorie nodded and looked Kurai in the eyes "ok, let me come along with you on your journey."

Kurai smiled brightly at the young trainer "Of course you can come we would love to have you along. Fiorie had dark blue hair that touched her shoulders and dark violet eyes. She wore jeans and a red t-shirt with a denim jacket over it, she had on regular tennis shoes. She wore no jewelry and when Kurai stood up she realized the girl was only a couple of inches shorter then she was.

Fiorie raced around the house collecting necessities she would need on the journey, finally gathering all she had she gave her family a quick goodbye and made her sister Emily promise she would take care of her Ponyta while she was gone. Kurai got on the back of Flamina and Fiorie got on the back of her Rapidash,, Ember. With a kick in the sides of their steeds the two trainers were off to start their journey, Kurai with a freshly washed clothes and Bandana and Fiorie with a new friend.



Disclaimer- I do not own pokemon nor do I have any money for you to sue me so don't try……please, But I do own the character Fiorie, Shadow, Ember, Flamina and Kurai also Kaiygan and Emily and if I left any of my other characters out I will ask you not to steel them either.

A/N- Sorry this chapter was so short, I was just experimenting with an idea I had floating around in my head for a while, so please review and tell me what you think, I will also take flames as long as they are not to mean. Anyways, again I am sorry about the length of this chapter, I will try to make the others longer, and a little more interesting but keep in mind this is the prologue so I was just trying to introduce my characters, anyways I will write more soon until then Farewell.

~Raven Darkheart~