This is my first attempt at making a story. I am open to all criticism so feel free. Please enjoy.

Chapter 1

The war begins

Our story begins in the town of Falkrone, located on the west side of mount silver it features a small hospital, as pokemon centers have not been invented yet, they instead have a vet, and a small market. the centerpiece of the town was the hot springs surrounding kanto's only ice rock the only way up to the town is a small path from the top of mount silver. In this town there lives a boy, a boy many would classify as a jock of sorts, he loved sports, hated to be a follower, and was always doing rash moves. Yet, under all this he was dependable and compassionate, defending the helpless when they needed him his name is Raven and this is his story.

Raven griped as he walked home from practice "Why, did dad move me out here after mom died?" he moaned as he looked at the three feet of snow that covered the driveway of his home. Eventually he managed to plow his way into the door and get inside, as he walked in the door he was nearly tackled right back out by his twin pet Eevees. The younger Eevee jumped on Raven's face and began to lick the cold out of his face; while the older one curled up on Raven chest.

"Saul get off of my face!" Raven yelled trying to suppress a laugh. Saul reluctantly got up and started jumping with joy to have his master home. "Dagan let me up!" Raven started to yell at the older of the two Eevees. Dagan just got up, stretched and hopped onto the sofa near at hand then as he fell back asleep. He purred for Raven had begun to stroke his ears. Raven looked down at the two Eevees the younger one with the classic cream and brown fur and the older one with the charred collar fur from the Magmar he had saved the two from. "How I wish I could have been there sooner to prevent that nasty scar from staying on your soft fur." Raven said reminiscing of that day during practice a year ago.

Back then he lived in Unova and was a halfway decent football player with lots of friends and a good education. One day as he was practicing with his teammates when he spotted a flame about twenty feet away in an alley; curious Raven stocked toward the alley and saw a two Eevees under attack by a Magmar. One Eevee (clearly the older) was between the Magmar and his brother with a burn mark on his collar from an ember attack. With that Raven started to charge the Magmar for his compassion for the Eevees was stirred. He tackled the Magmar into a large crate. Then he got up and kicked the magmar out of the alley. Turning to the Eevees he saw that the older one was the only one injured. Relieved Raven pulled a oren berry out of his lunch and gave it to the injured Eevees. At first it refused and growled at him in a threatening stance, but when it nearly passed out of pain it accepted and looked a little better but it was still in danger of death from the deadly burn. Not knowing what to do Raven decided to skip practice and take them back home to care for them. once the Eevees were better they refused to go back to the wild and so they became Ravens pets.

The slamming of the door brought Raven back to the present. He looked up from the old scar on Dagan's collar and starred as Raven's father came in from work with a strange look on his face. "What's the problem dad?" Raven asked a little concerned; he had never seen his dad look this way before.

It took a bit for the question to register on Raven's dad, but at last he looked up and said. "Unova and Johto have allied themselves and are declaring war on Kanto. To top that off Falkrone has become a forward base of the Allies." he sounded excited, Raven and his dad had always been true Unovans at heart. "Also I have to go to out on business; here is the code to my safe if I don't make it back." He sounded as a man preparing to go to his own grave and Raven didn't like it.

"Dad if it's just a business trip then why would you be in danger at all? It's not like people would kill anyone on sight?" Raven started to protest but his dad silenced Raven before he could finish.

"I'm being sent to the Silph co. in Kanto see if exports are still a possibility despite the war." Raven's dad put a combination code on the table, grabbed some dinner and was off to the airfield at the bottom of the mountain.

"Why does dad do this to us? Ever since mom died of cancer five years ago he keeps on taking time to be away when I need him here and now." Raven said, wondering about his dad. Raven glanced up at the clock. "It's only seven I have time to make it to the arcade." He remarked as he reached for his winter gear. He had hardly reached the closet for his coat when he heard a knock at the door. "Who could that be?" He said pondering as he looked through the door. Outside he saw two armed soldiers both looked stern and unyielding. Raven opened the door a crack and asked. "Yes? Can I help you?"

The older and larger of the two asked in a smart military tone. "Is your father here?"

"No he just left for a business trip and I don't expect him home for a few days at least." Raven responded.

The two soldiers exchanged looks and then nodded and walked off into the night as if they had not even been there; but as they were leaving Raven noticed the Kanto colors coming out of one the pockets of the younger one. Raven wondered what the Kanto communists would want with his father and more importantly how'd they got into the town. Raven would've gone ahead with his plan to go to the arcade if it had not been for this experience, instead he decided to get to bed and dismiss the soldiers as figments of his tired brain.