CHAPTER ONE: TO BOLDY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE

On the Enterprise, the flagship of the Federation, the ship's crew flew to their position to the neutral zone, which they tried to avoid. In the past, there were odd attacks posed on the zone which foreshadowed the Borg, illegal Romulan ships passing through to trade with rebel Klingons, and even the occasional bickering over territory.

Captain Picard, sitting in his captain's chair watched the viewer screen, obviously cautious for any kind of activity that posed a threat. It has been three days that there were assigned this and he wasn't about to lose the Enterprise to some Romulan warbird attack.

They reached their destination and the French man asked, "Lieutenant Worf, begin scans for any ships."

The Klingon in the back responded, "Aye sir", and began the scan sweep. For about twenty minutes there wasn't a hiccup, until of course. "Captain, scans are showing that there is a quantum phenomenon approximately 20k kilometers from our current position."

Picard then asked, "Is it within the neutral zone?"

"Negative sir, it is within Federation borders."

The man sitting next to Picard, Commander William Riker, then questioned, "Is it some kind of wormhole?"

Worf rescanned it and said, "It shows to have an exit sir, however I would advise caution seeing as though", he hesitated reminding him the last event he got sent through, "it leads into another universe."

Picard asked, "Would it be safe enough for the Enterprise to go through Mr. Worf?"

"Affirmative."

Riker then said, "Maybe, we should explore it, seeing there is no threats here and there is no activity other than this", pointing to the rift on the viewer screen.

Picard thought about it and said, "Alright, we'll try to make a brief exploration of the rift. Data, take Enterprise through."

The pilot android replied, "Aye sir", and Enterprise flew into the rift. It was a bright entrance to go through, but once they made it in, they saw on the screen, earth? The looked confused and Riker asked, "Earth? How could we be back at Earth?"

Picard stated still looking at the other earth, "This is obviously a different earth, but I hope it isn't the universe that Kirk and his crewmates got sent into."

Enterprise got closer to the planet, only it stopped at the beginning of the atmosphere. Picard then got out of his chair and said, "Lieutenant, are there any life forms on that planet?"

Worf scanned it and replied, "I am detecting humanoid, human, non-humanoid, and plant lifeforms.

Picard grinned saying, "It must be like our earth then."

Riker then suggested, "Should we send an away team?"

"Yes, we should, however, I would like to advise caution to not cause any kind of panic. Worf, Data, and Wesley, you're with Riker."

And the following people went, to transporter room where Chief O' Brien was at the console saying, "Another away mission?"

Riker just smiled and said, "Of course, we're just exploring a planet for a bit, then we'll be back to the original mission."

Everyone got onto the transporter pad and the commander said, "Energize."

And with a blue swirl of particles, they were gone off the platform, and onto the planet's surface which looked a lot like earth. The popped open their tri-quarters and began scanning the place. Data looked around and said, "I am picking up life signs coming from this bush here sir."

Everyone looked at the bush as it started to shake a bit. Worf pulled at the phasor and held his finger on the trigger. Wesley continued closer as then something white was showing. The creature came out and looked at the group strangely as they did to it. It appeared as a small white creature with green hair, a red crystal on its chest, and a tutu made of strips. The creature looked at Wesley and said, "Kirlia?"

Everyone looked at each other and then Riker said, "Huh, I see there are humanoid life forms just not what we anticipated."

The creature "walked" to Wesley and happily said, "Kirlia!"

Wesley then said, "Sir, I think she wants to stay we me."

Riker only sighed and said, "Alright, I don't see a problem. Anyway, we'll have to explore the area little more to find more, unusual creatures."

Data then said, "Commander, we don't know the area specifically and there could be hostilities we may not be aware of."

"You're right, unless", then he looked toward the white creature and said to it, "She may know the area."

He bent down and asked, "Do you know the area?"

The creature nodded her head, then the commander asked, "Could you show us around?"

She nodded once more and moved behind the bush. The away team followed and looked to see a huge area of pasture with tons of different creatures playing around. The entire team was in awe. The little creature then said, "Kirlia kirl."

Riker only said, "So this is what we've been scanning from Enterprise."

Data then said, "This must have been the non-humanoid and humanoid life forms we have detected. However, I do not see any humans within the vicinity."

Riker then asked the creature, "Do you know any humans around here?"

She nodded and led them to a different area. After about three minutes they came upon a small field and scanned it. Worf asked Riker, "I am not seeing any humans, even though the scans do show faint human life signs."

Riker then asked the creature again, "Are you sure you know a human?"

She nodded and they walked for a bit more until the came across a road. Everyone looked and Data said, "There must be human life around as this is concrete, a primitive human material used in construction."

Riker nodded, "Your right, I wonder still where she is taking us though?"

"That I cannot answer, as we have yet to have arrived there."

The creature led them on the road to some kind of bridge that led to an island. The away team didn't get where she was taking them, but pressed on seeing as she knows the place better than they did. They walked across the bridge and once they got to the island, the creature turned to the away team and talked for a bit, then realized they didn't understand a word she said. She kept on "touring" them to the huge building, only to knock on the main entrance.

Riker then asked, "Somebody lives here I presume?"

She nodded and they waited a bit. Then the door opened revealing a blue canine coming out. It looked surprised until it saw the white creature and they started talking a bit. Data then said, "It seems strange how they repeat the same word in whole or in parts, but it seems to be their way of verbal communication which we cannot understand."

The commander then said, "This whole ecosystem is unusual, I don't know if this even is earth."

Then the canine went back inside while the creature then started speaking again making a hand movement telling them to stay there and wait. They waited for about five minutes until the door opened again showing a blonde woman with a white rollerblade outfit on. She then asked, "So you're here for a Pokémon battle I presume?"