Prologue

From the files of the Indigo League

Name: Lyra Hearton

Age: 15

Trainer class: Indigo Champion

Status notes: Indigo Champion for over three years. Currently emerging as an authority on Pokémon growth and natural evolution. Her research is largely conducted on the mostly off-limits Mt Silver.

Name: Gold Elm

Age: 15

Trainer class: Ace Trainer

Status notes: Defeated the Johto League three years ago but only ever achieved seven Kanto badges. Defeated the official champion Lance but not the true champion Lyra, so refuses to be classed as a champion. Currently taking on the Hoenn League.

Name: Crystal Christie

Age: 15

Trainer class: Watcher

Status notes: Never challenged the Indigo League though she acquired the minimum eight badges. Has a larger passion for tracking and observing Pokémon in their natural habitats, and is becoming highly knowledgeable on the subject. Currently travelling Hoenn with Gold.

Name: Silver ?

Age: 16

Trainer class: Dragon Tamer

Status notes: Reformed thief who has spent the past three years training with the dragon clan in the Dragon's Den. Family is unknown as he has never disclosed a surname. Currently returning to the Dragon's Den after an unknown trip abroad.

Name: Blue Oak

Age: 18

Trainer class: Leader (Viridian Gym)

Status notes: Strongest of the sixteen Indigo League leaders and former League Champion, though he voluntarily relinquished the title after a loss to Red Ketchum. Currently officially residing in the Viridian Gym, though he wanders so often, particularly to Mt Silver to join Lyra Hearton's investigations, odds aren't great that he'll be there if you call.

Name: Daisy Oak

Age: 21

Trainer class: Coordinator

Status notes: Never applied for a trainer's license, though an accomplished former coordinator; Daisy Oak lives with her grandfather and, until he moved to Viridian, her little brother Blue Oak. Daisy is a renowned carer whose Pokémon grooming and massage services are particularly sought-after. Mostly helps care for the multitude of trainer-stored Pokémon living at her grandfather's.

Name: Leaf Ketchum

Age: 16

Trainer class: Ruin Maniac

Status notes: Achieved six Kanto League badges four years ago, and then abandoned the Indigo League in favour of spending her time exploring old ruins and studying ancient and legendary Pokémon. Currently working with the Research Centre in the Ruins of Alph.

Name: Red Ketchum

Age: 14 (at death)

Trainer class: Indigo Champion

Status notes: Kanto League champion six and a half years ago. First Champion of the Johto League a year later. Retreated into training on Mt Silver. Murdered by Team Rocket several months before their abortive second rise.

-P-

Shock and horror, it's a Pokémon fic instead of a Detective Conan/Magic Kaito one! But I really wanted to write this, so I'll put up the first couple of chapters and the prologue and see what people make of it.

I've been a fan of Pokémon since the nineties. It WAS my childhood. For about ten years, Gold and Crystal were my absolute favourite games, and weren't ousted until I got Pokémon HeartGold. This fic is working on the fairly reasonable assumption that the events of Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver, from first getting your Pokémon to defeating Red, took roughly twenty months or so, and that the events of this story take place about three years later. It follows on somewhat from my oneshot "Silence In The Snow", though it's not a straight sequel; SITS was written to be applicable from almost anyone's perspective, so while Lyra would have had a similar experience, she wouldn't have had precisely the same experience. That's how I'm explaining any discontinuities XD

SITS notwithstanding, this is really my first foray into the Pokémon fandom, so feedback would be appreciated enormously. This fic is based off of the games rather than the manga or anime (though you may notice little shout outs to both ;) ) so please let me know if you think I've created a believable world from that, and if you think I've created good characters out of silent protagonists. Of course, don't be afraid to let me know if you think I've failed utterly as well XD

Anyway, I'll stop rambling now.

I would never presume to claim Pokémon as my own. I bow at Tajiri Satoshi-sama's feet for its creation.