"You think you can raise this disgrace! He already ruined my family name!"

"I can raise him, you thi-"

"Shut up you street whore!"

*A thud is heard on a wall.*

"Why are you doing this?"

"Why, the question is why I ever married you!"

*A hard smack is heard, then a scream.*

"S-stop..."

*A loud alarm goes off, waking up the sleeping Luyre.*

I grunted at the alarm, turning off the loud machine.

"Why mom decided to get me this alarm I'll have no idea, I already wake up early to get in my morning jog."

A distinct feminine voice is heard from downstairs, "Luyre honey it's the day!"

Then I remembered the day, it was 10 days after my 16th birthday, the day I get a Pokémon.

I got up and started to brush my long, brown hair.

"Sumie probably hasn't gotten up yet..." My mind raced at the thought of my beautiful best friend Sumie, with her cheerful attitude and cute blond hair...

I began to get dressed after I got back to my senses, putting on a black t-shirt and jeans.

"I left my shoes and coat downstairs didn't I, I'll need it, Sinnoh is a cold region."

Mom called up again, "Are you almost ready?"

I responded with a bit of scorn, "Don't rush me! I'm already awake two hours early!"

Mom responded with a tone of authority, "Don't get that tone with me young man, and remember that you need to pick up Sumie."

I managed a short weightlifting session before he got downstairs.

"Breakfast honey?"

I looked at the breakfast and drooled a bit, it's good that I'm learning cooking from my mother.

"Thanks mom."

"Now you remember to always be careful, the crime levels are up in all the regions, that's why you didn't get your Pokémon at the age of 10."

She's right, the villainous teams are active as of late, crime overall is worse in the Pokémon world.

Pokémon are being killed by humans, more of them are beaten half to death every year.

In fact in Twinleaf alone there has been 14 muggings in the last week, double the rate it was last year.

I finished my breakfast and started to put my green hoodie on, as I did I noticed Sumie herself coming to my door.

She knocked on the door and I answered it, and let her in graciously.

"I thought you slept in on the big day!" Sumie said with a big smile on her face.

"Why would I? I was just getting ready." I said to her.

Mom got up and said, "Remember to buy at least 5 potions for the trip!"

"I know mom, I'll readily prepare."

I was working at a industrial site, they payed me very little but it adds up after working there for a year, I already told them I was getting my Pokémon and going on a journey.

As soon as I got completely ready, Sumie grabbed my hand and pulled me out.

"S-Sumie what are you doing?"

All of the people walking by us giggled as most people knew of my love for Sumie.

We entered the Pokémart, I saw they had Super Potions on the wall.

"I would like to buy 10 Super Potions please."

"Sure thing Luyre, do you have your gold card?"

"Yes, right here." I handed the card to the clerk, as I was a regular to the shop.

"That will be 6300, with the 10% off with the gold card."

I handed him the money, and me and Sumie trailed off, towards Sandgem town.

(On the way to Sandgem Town.)

"Hey you two, give me your money."

I turned around to see a man with a pipe in his hands.

"I said give me your money!" The man said loudly.

Sumie started to hide behind me.

"You hear me, or are you deaf!"

All of a sudden I hear Sumie scream and an accomplice takes Sumie and has her in his clutches.

"Look at this pretty one right here, looks like a nice prize. Heh heh heh."

The second man hit Sumie on the head with a pipe knocking her out.

"You bastards! Damn you!"

The first man swung his pipe at me, while I easily ducked under it and hit his stomach.

The first man made a cry of pain, and I took advantage and started to throw a punch at him, but the second man swung behind me.
I heard the man start to swing and I ducked and he hit his partner, allowing me to punch the second man in the stomach.
After I punched his stomach, I elbowed his head and he collapsed on the ground, and I picked up Sumie and ran off.

"Oh god, mom was right about the crime levels. I just hope that Sumie will be alright..."

I hear a twig get stepped on behind me, then everything goes black.

(In a cave, near Lake Verity.)

I feel myself coming conscious, what happened?

I hear two very deep voiced people having a conversation, "They had nothing of worth on them, except for the gold necklace the girl had on..."

I flashed open my eyes, and hear Sumies voice next to me, "Luyre, you're alright!"

"Lookie here, the little couple are awake."

I kept struggling in the ropes that bound me to the wall.

I shouted, "Give me that gold necklace! I gave that to Sumie when we were children!"

"Oh? That makes it worth even more!"

One of the men that have us trapped puts a knife up to my neck. "How about I kill you and get it over with?"

The man holding a knife to my neck turned around after hearing his partner fall to the ground.

"What the?"

Then, a figure speeds by the man, knocking him out, and the knife cuts the rope binding me.
I grab the knife and go to Sumie, cutting her rope.

After I cut Sumies ropes, she jumps up and hugs me, tears streaming down her eyes. "I thought they killed you..."

After she's finished with the embrace, she stares at me with her deep hazel eyes.

"You have beautiful blue eyes Luyre..."

"I wonder what that thing was?"

Sumie pondered it for a minute, "I wonder myself, was it a Pokémon?"

"Who knows..." I said with a questioning voice.

As we walked off unbeknownst to me, something was watching us.

"Kyuu Kyuuuu!"

(At Lake Verity.)

"At least they didn't take us far." I pointed out.

"Maybe we can still make it to Rowans." Sumie surmised.

"Before we leave, have you ever heard of the Verity legend?"

"A little, it has something to do with a Legendary right?" Sumie said with impatience.

"Sumie, patience is a virtue, treat it well. Anyway the legend goes that the three lakes of Sinnoh have three lake spirits, and this one's the Being of Emotion."

Sumie put on a thoughtful face, "Do you think...?"

"It's highly possible, yes."

"Well, lets get to Sandgem so we can get our Pokémon."

"Right."

(Sandgem Town.)

Professor Rowan was standing in front of his lab, waiting.

"Hello there, you must be the new trainers, you are awfully late."

I started to speak. "I'm sorry sir, we got jumped by a couple of lowlifes on the way here."

Sumie added, "We think the Being of Emotion helped us get away!"

Rowan stated, "Mesprit, the Being of Emotion, why do you believe this?"

I told him what happened, "They captured us in a cave at Lake Verity, when one had a knife up to my neck, a zooming figure passed by and knocked out the lowlifes, and we escaped."

Rowan simply said, "Well, that's an odd story indeed, now follow me."

We followed him into a room filled up with Pokémon, 12 starters to choose from.

Rowan told us that we could pick any starter, and to take our time, but we already knew which ones we wanted.

I told the professor, "I choose Treecko."

The Treecko leapt on my shoulder and exclaimed, "Tree, Treecko!"

Sumie told the professor, "I choose the Squirtle."

Squirtle was happy at first, then Sumie started to cuddle with it and it sighed. "Squirtle..."

The professor handed us Pokédexs, and 6 Pokéballs to each of us, and I scanned my Treecko with my Pokédex.

Treecko, the Wood Gecko Pokémon.
Treecko attacks anything hostile to it with its thick tail, it is said that any tree inhabited by a Treecko will live very long.
This Treecko knows the moves Pound, Absorb, Leaf Blade, and the special egg move Crush Claw.

I simply said, "Interesting."

Sumie did the same thing with her Squirtle.

Squirtle, the Tiny Turtle Pokémon.
Squirtles shell's soft at birth but when it gets older the shell hardens, Squirtle can shoot powerful streams of water.
This Squirtle knows the moves Tackle, Water Gun, Withdraw, and the special egg move Aqua Jet.

Sumie and I told the professor thank you, and he wished us good travels and we left.

(At the Pokémart in Sandgem.)

The clerk spoke, "Are you Luyre Seinhal?"

I told him, "Yes, what of it?"

"Package for you, anonymous sender."

"Oh?" I slowly opened the package, with Sumie staring intently at the package.

Then the clerk mentioned, "Actually, you have two packages."

He passed me the other one, "Thank you."

The first one contained a Pokéball, and a Pokémon Egg.

I opened the second one before messing with the Pokéball in the first one.

"What's this?"

Sumie blushed when she told me, "I meant to send that to you on your birthday..."

It was a pendant, I opened it to see a picture of me and her, while we were on vacation in Hoenn, we were next to each other shoulder to shoulder.

"Oh, thank you, I guess the mail wasn't really that operational at that period of time, there was a mail rush around my birthday." I mentioned.

I tied the pendant around my neck and admired it's beauty.

Sumie was twirling her hair. "It's to repay for the one you got me, it's the same one..."

She opened her pendant to find the same picture that was in the one she got me.

After I closed the pendant, she gave me a deep hug.

We embraced for at least a minute, then we let go, and she stared at me, her cheeks redder than the sun.

"Lets see what's in this Pokéball..."

As I sent out the Pokémon, the light dissipated and the Pokémon was sent out...

Well? Like the cliffhanger?

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When I was making this, I fell asleep for 4 hours.

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