"Okay, I need my green swimsuit, my cover-up, a pair of flip-fops, suntan lotion, and a notebook!" A fifteen year-old girl rummaged through her drawers, looking for the items she listed out loud. She threw them into the green suitcase that was laying on her bed, and picked up a brochure on her dresser.

"Next, bathroom necessities. Which means my toothbrush, tooth paste, hair brush, and-" She broke off shuddering. "Girl stuff." She ran to her bathroom to find her things. When she returned to her bedroom, she found her little brother going through her suitcase.

"Lenny!" She shrieked. "You know you're not supposed to be in my room!"

Four year-old Lenny shrugged. "Mommy said for me to tell you to stop packing and come down to eat lunch with us." He swiftly ran out of the room, like he was going to be attacked for bothering his older sister.

Arianna Parsons sighed. Her brother was always messing with her stuff and annoying her.

She flipped her long, silver hair over her shoulder where it fell to her back, muttering, "What a pest." She rearranged the items in her green suitcase. "I guess the rest can wait." She walked over to her dresser mirror to freshen up for lunch.

Arianna stared at herself in the mirror, taking in her appearance. She was rather tall for a fifteen year old girl, with abnormal silver hair and piercing green eyes. She had light skin, although she wanted it to be darker. Maybe I'll get a tan at camp.

She ran a brush through her hair and walked out of her bedroom, taking her cherished Pokeballs with her. As she walked down the stairs to the kitchen, she thought about camp she had been invited to. More specifically, the Sinnoh Region's Pokemon Summer Camp.

Arianna had been to plenty of summer camps before, but never to a Pokemon camp. I'm so excited! She thought to herself. Maybe I'll make new friends, meet more Pokemon-

"Ari!"

Arianna had reached the bottom of the stairs to find none other than her best friend, Leslie Green. Arianna put her Pokeballs on the end of the railing to hug her. "I just wanted to say goodbye to you before you left for camp tomorrow. You're so lucky you were invited!" Leslie looked slightly jealous.

"No big, Les. It's only for the summer, anyways. And you'll be on your Pokemon journey!" Arianna withdrew from her friend and faced her.

It was true; Leslie was going to start her Pokemon journey as a Pokemon trainer while Arianna was going to summer camp. Arianna didn't know what she wanted to be. She loved Pokemon, but she didn't know if she wanted to be a ranger, a breeder, a coordinator, or just a trainer. Her parents were both breeders, maybe she should be one too. There were so many choices!

"Arianna! Stop zoning out on me!" Leslie's voice snapped Arianna back to reality.

"Sorry, Les. Hey, are you staying for lunch?"

"You bet I am! I wouldn't miss my best friend's going away party for the world."

"Going away party?" Arianna asked Leslie.

Leslie looked guilty. "I think I just ruined the surprise." Then she brightened. "No worries, just come with me. But first, get your Pokeballs." She grabbed Arianna's hand, while Arianna put them in the purse she was carrying.

They ran through Arianna's backyard, all the way to the Parsons' Family Pokemon Barn. That was where all of her parent's Pokemon stayed. Arianna helped to take care of them during the summer while she wasn't in school. But not this summer, she reminded herself.

As Arianna entered the barn with Leslie, her mother, father, and Lenny jumped out from behind the barn door. "Surprise!"

Arianna feigned surprise; she already knew about the party, but she didn't let her parents know. "Wow- for me?"

Her mother came over to hug her. "Yes, for you. We're going to miss you, you know." She stepped back to lightly brush Arianna's hair from her eyes.

All of her parent's Pokemon came out from their hiding places in the barn. Pichu, Yanma, Gloom, Treecko, and many others came up to tell her goodbye.

Arianna decided to let out her own Pokemon to join in the party. "Come out-all of you!"

Red beams of light flashed as her Grovyle, Beautifly, Pilowswine, and Loudred came out of their Pokeballs. They looked around for a moment and took in what was going on. They rushed over to the other Pokemon to play with them.

"I'll think I'll let mine out, too." Leslie released her Torchic and Zigzagoon. They soon ran over to Arianna's Pokemon.

Arianna relaxed and let her mind wander while watching her Pokemon play. She hoped that Sinnoh's special camp would help her decide what she wanted to be. She was really leaning towards being a trainer or breeder- but nothing was set in stone yet.

Her father walked over to her and sat down next to her, putting his arm around his daughter. "Fallarbor Town's going to miss you, honey. I think all of Hoenn will." He smiled down at her.

"Dad!" Arianna punched him lightly in the chest. "Well, maybe you're right. I'm one to miss, right?"

"Of course." Her dad chuckled. "Now for travel plans- We're taking a ferry from the Fallarbor Port to the Sinnoh Region's Sunnyshore City. From there, we take a cab to Lake Valor, which is only a short ways away. That's where your camp is."

Arianna grinned. "Thanks Dad for rearranging that." Her dad nodded, and walked away to talk with his wife.

Wow, Sunnyshore City? Arianna thought. She had read about one of Sinnoh's most beautiful cities in a travel magazine, with its luxurious beaches and world-renown Pokemon gym. Too bad she was only going to stay there for a short while.

But Lake Valor! Arianna was even more excited about that. She read in the brochure, "One of Sinnoh's three major lakes, Lake Valor is sure to please you as you bask in the sunshine and learn about the Pokemon that this lake has to offer." It also said that the camp was renting out some lodges from the Grand Lake Hotel- one of the best places to stay. Right across from the Valor Lakefront, it was very convenient for a camp.

As the party went on, Arianna decided that she would miss her family and friends, but she was eager for an adventure, one that was away from home. This is going to be great!

When Arianna slipped into bed that night, she thought about what her experience tomorrow was going to be like, and why she was invited to Sinnoh's camp. It's odd, she thought. What would they want with me? Obviously they singled me out from somewhere. Leslie wasn't invited. It doesn't sound like any of my friends were. But no worries, I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

Tired from the days activities, the silver-haired girl fell into a peaceful sleep.

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"Why, dad? Why did they send the brochure to me? I don't even wanna go!"

A fourteen year old boy with light brown hair exclaimed. His dad had just broken the news to him that he was going away for the summer. To Sinnoh's Summer Pokemon Camp, to be precise. I don't even know the first thing about Pokemon!

"Luke, this is the perfect opportunity for you. You know, meet some new friends from all over the world, maybe even contemplate starting a Pokemon journey-"

So that's what this is about! "Pokemon isn't a part of my future, dad," Luke Ingram fumed. "And you know it. I'm going to enter the Sinnoh Soccer League and become the champion. Without Pokemon!" He absentmindedly sipped his soda and looked out a window of Jubilife City's Cafe.

"Son, why don't you just give it a chance?" Luke's dad, Hunter, pleaded. "You've never even been around Pokemon for very long. Don't you think that if you just tried it you might like it?"

Oh please, Luke thought, the old "try-it, like-it" thing again.

He picked up the camp brochure that was lying on the table next to his plate of a cheeseburger and french fries. "Anyway, it says I have to have at least two Pokemon with me. I don't even have one." Luke stared at his father, thinking that he had won the argument.

Hunter grinned. "That's where you're wrong, buddy. Let's go, guys!" He summoned his Pokemon out of their Pokeballs with red beams of light.

"Pidgeotto!"

"Dus, tox tox!"

"Hit, hitmon, hitmonchan, chan!"

All three of the Pokemon that Luke's dad had called out swarmed over to his dad, with Pidgeotto playfully pecking his hand. "Ow!" Hunter winced and said to his son, "I think that you'll recognize Dustox if you look at him closely." The moth Pokemon flew around Luke's head.

Luke groaned. He thought that he had escaped this one fight, and now he was being forced to take Dustox with him to camp.

All of his life, Luke's dad had been pestering Hunter about becoming closer to Pokemon. When Luke was six years old, his mother and father presented him with a birthday present that presumably changed his life.

"Open it, honey!" Luke's mother Kaylie urged him. "I think you're going to love it!"

"That's right, son," Hunter, his father, said. He slipped his arm around his wife and muttered into her ear, "Are you sure this is going to turn out okay? You know that Luke can be a bit-anxious-when it comes to Pokemon."

"Of course he'll be okay! This present's bound to make him closer to Pokemon." Kaylie reassured her husband.

Six year-old Luke was getting excited now. The present, which had been in a red box with a silver bow, had been reduced to scraps as Luke ripped it apart. In the large box was a slightly smaller box. Luke took the top off of it.

"Wow!" He exclaimed. A tiny pink Wurmple slept inside of the box. "It's so cute!" Despite his fear, little Luke placed his hand on the Wurmple's back and pet it.

The wrong way.

Luke had accidentally rubbed his hand up Wurmple's back instead of a downward motion. Luke shrieked as the Wurmple sat upright in the box and let out a powerful String Shot attack- straight for his head.

"Wuuuuuuuuurmple!"

"Mommy! Daddy! Help me!"

The last thing that Luke remembered of that memory was himself lying on the ground, his parents trying to cut the silk that was tightly wound around his head. He shuddered. Yes, he recognized that Dustox that his father had trained it himself after Luke's accident.

There were other events and birthdays when he had been in cases with certain Pokemon, but none as traumatic as the Wurmple incident. Luke would never forget that one.

His dad snapped him out of his memories. "So, you'd better get to know these Pokemon today, because you'll be spending two and a half months with them." While Luke was day dreaming, the waitress had brought the check, and Hunter was signing it.

As the two stood up to leave, Hunter recalled his Pokemon, and handed the Pokeballs to Luke. "You know what to do with them," he said. "Take care of them, son."

The father-son pair walked back home so Luke could prepare for camp the next day. As they strolled down the sidewalk, Pokeballs in hand, Luke couldn't help but think, My father actually got his way this time. I'm going to Pokemon Summer Camp.

A/N:

Hey guys! Scorchy's back! And this time: I plan to actually finish this story! I have a few other stories that I've been... well...neglecting, so hopefully this one will be a change. Please review and tell me what you think! I crave reviews, even if you say that this story sucks!

Anyway, if you thought that this was a rather suckish chapter, this isn't even the exciting part. This was probably the hardest chapter to write a storyline for. Also, if you review: Arianna plushies! Doesn't that sound fun and cute, in a creepy and weird way? :P

Till next update,

Scorchy

P.S, no set date for updating, but it will most likely be every two or three days.