Okay, here goes...I'm totally new to the whole fanfiction thing, but after finishing Pokemon White I just felt like writing. I don't know whether I'll actually finish this, but it has been fun so far, so I might at least try. Feedback on what's good and what could be improved upon plot/character-wise would be appreciated, especially in these first few chapters, as if anything needs serious changing it will be easier to do so now than once the story is well underway. Just a short prologue including a bit of background info on the setting this time. The next chapter should be considerably longer. Anyway, hope you enjoy. It was fun to write. :)

Oh yeah, and I of course don't own Pokemon or any of the things affiliated with it.


Prologue: The Champion's Legacy

It was four years ago today that Touko set off on her Pokémon journey. Back then Nuvema was virtually unknown; nothing more than a quiet little hamlet in which a certain professor's lab was located.

That was, of course, before Touko became the league Champion, permanently placing herself-and by proxy her hometown-into the spotlight. For a while little Nuvema Town became the number one tourist spot for aspiring trainers, playing host to groups traveling from all over Unova to see Professor Juniper and the place that had spawned the greatest Champion yet.

Invariably they were disappointed.

Nuvema town continued to be the tiny community it had always been, even refusing the Pokémon center offered them by the regional building council. The only difference was the steadily lessening flow of tourists and the growing absences of Professor Juniper and her main aide, Bianca. Due to the constant challenges and duties the Champion was forced by her position to accept, there was rarely even a visit from the region's most famous trainer. On top of all that, rumor had it that the Champion was chasing the trail of some incredible trainer who had been terrorizing the region's strongest trainers as of late. Though there was no official word to be had, it seemed unlikely that a trip to her hometown would yield any glimpse of Touko and her team.

Nevertheless, the spotlight continued to shine hot and unending over poor Nuvema. All eyes were on the sleepy little community, watching and waiting for the next young trainer to venture forth. Could Nuvema spawn another great trainer? Or had its luck run out?

Only time would tell.