Chapter 1 The Journey Begins
"And while the cake bakes, we'll get started on our oran icing. You'll notice that as we mix in the oran juice, the icing starts to take on a nice dark blue color." *DING* "That's the timer. After pulling the cake from the oven you'll want to poke it with a toothpick. If it comes out clean then its done. Join us next week as we ice and decorate it. Same time, same place."
As the credits started to roll I considered seeing if Professor How, Diced, Lizard Legion, or Poctures was on. Though I could turn on my Gamestation and play Pocture Wirlwind of Light, I pushed it aside as I instead decided to head outside and take a walk around Twinleaf Town. I slipped my black and grey sneakers, slipped on my black and green jacket, and stepped in the hallway and headed downstairs. "Hey Logan, Joseph came calling for you a little while ago. I don't know what it was about, but he said it was an emergency." my mom said as I reached the bottom of the stairs. "Okay mom, I'll be sure to head over and see him." I replied as I headed for the front door. My hand was on the door knob when mom spoke up. "Oh, yes! Logan! Make sure that you stay out of the tall grass, where wild Pokemon can attack you. It'd be fine if you had your own Pokemon, but since you don't..." "Don't worry mom, I'll be sure to stay out of the tall grass." As I stepped outside I promptly bumped into my mom's old partner Rhyperior. "Rhy." he said as he happily greeted me. Rhyperior had stayed here in Twinleaf Town with me and mom since I had been an infant and he was practically my best friend. "Hey buddy, just heading out for awhile." "Rhyperior." "I'll be back later." My walk through town was uneventful and I found myself briefly wondering when the day I became a Pokemon Trainer would arrive. When asked mom's told me that soon the day that Professor Rowan would visit Twinleaf Town would come soon.
I soon arrived at Joe's house, but before I could knock on the door, it swung open to reveal my dirty blond haired cousin who promptly ran into me. "Wow what the...? Oh hey Logan! Hey! I'm heading to the lake! You can come too, but be quick about it! Got it? If your late I'm fining you one million dollars if your late!" I had barely said okay when he started head for the way out of town, only to turn around and head back inside, muttering that he had forgotten something. I figured that I'd go ahead and head for Route 201 to wait for him. Minutes later, Joe arrived ready to head to the lake for whatever reason. "Hey did you see that news report on TV about the Red Gyarados?" I shook my head, which prompted him to continue. "I got to thinking that Lake Verity must have some cool Pokemon like that living in it right? Come on! Let's go check it out!" With Joe right behind me, I headed for Lake Verity I only half listened to Joe's chattering as we made the walk there. Before long we made it to the lake's entrance. "All right! To the lake! Let's find us a red Gyarados!" Joe proclaimed as we walked through. Once at the lake we took notice of two people near the lake's shore. One was an elderly man with a formal apperence, while the other was a girl about our age. "What's going on...?" Joe wondered outloud. "Professor, there isn't anything out of the ordinary on the other side, either!" the said. "Hmm... I may have been mistaken... Something appears to be different than it was before, but... Fine! It's enough that we have seen the lake. Dawn, we're leaving." The girl turned to face the man as she replied. "Professor, how are you enjoying being back in Sinnoh? After being away for four years, it must be exciting again?" "...Hm. There is one thing I can say. There are many rare kinds of Pokemon in Sinnoh. The region should serve us very well in regard to our studies." The duo then started our way, clearing preparing to leave. "Excuse me. Let us pass, please." the man identified as Professor said. The two of us stepped aside, allowing them to pass, with the professor going first. "I beg your pardon... We'll be on our way." the girl said before leaving. "What was that all about?" Joe remarked. "Those two..." He turned toward the lake and seemed to notice something. "Huh? Hey Logan! Let's go check that out!" I looked toward the lake shore and saw that they had left a briefcase behind, the only problew was that it was in the middle of some tall grass. "Joe wait! We're not suppose to go into tall grass without a Pokemon!." I warned. "No problem!" he assured. "We'll be in and out before any wild Pokemon can come out." I didn't feel very sure, but regardless I followed him to the shore. "It's... A briefcase? Seems those people forgot it here, but what are we supposed to do with it?" "We could take it back to them." I offered. "Sure, but who are they? I think I heard the girl say professor..." But before we could do anything else, a pair of starlys came rushing out out the treeline. "Waaah! Pokemon?!" Joe exclaimed. "What do we do?!" I wasn't sure, while could try and run they most likely would chase after us. At that moment I bumped into the briefcase while dodging a diving peck from a starly, which popped open to reveil not only a handful of papers, but also three Poke Balls.
"Hey, look! Poke Balls! We could use these to battle them! Eh...? Which one do you want?" I quickly grabbed the Poke Ball with a leaf emblazed on it. Ball in hand I turned toward one of the starlys and tossed it. The Poke Ball burst open to revel a green and brown colored turtle with a stem on its head with two leaves growing from it. It was a Turtwig, the Tiny Leaf Pokemon. He seemed a bit confused for a moment as to where he was, but Turtwig quickly took notice of the attacking Starly and prepared to fight. "Turtwig, use Tackle!" I called out. The plant turtle Pokemon rushed forward and slammed into the opposing bird. Starly countered with Growl, lowering Turtwig's attack a bit. "Turtwig, Tackle again!" Turtwig slammed into Starly once again, who use Growl again. It seemed to be on its last legs however so this would be the fight ending move. "Turtwig, Tackle one last time!" And with that, the starly was defeated. I returned Turtwig to his ball and turned to see that Joe had beaten his starly as well. "Aww man! Your turtwig totally rocked!" he exclaimed. "But my chimchar was way tougher than yours!" 'Is that why he made me choose first?' I wondered. "But the thing is that they were those people's Pokemon though..." "Oh crap, you're right, but we didn't have a choice." I replied. "You don't think that they'll mind do you?" At that moment the girl from earlier showed up. "Phew! There it is. The professor would have been furious if I'd lost his briefcase." She turned to us and noticed the Poke Balls in our hands. "Huh? Oh, no! Did you... Did you use the Pokemon in here?" she asked as she held the briefcase. I gave a guilty nod to her. "You did?! Oh, my gosh! What's the professor going to say...?... This is not good... I'll take the briefcase for now." And with that she left. "So, what was that about?" "I don't know Joe, but we should get out of here before we get attacked by another wild Pokemon." "Good idea let's go.'
A/N: Thanks for reading everyone! If there's anything I need to fix, then let me know. In any case in the next chapter we'll be seeing our first OC whose journey will follow Logan and Joe's, kinda acting as a third rival. Anyway see you all in the next chapter.
