This will fallow the story of my Nuzlocke challenge in diamond! Enjoy and as always I own nothing!

When I woke up this morning I thought that it would be a day like any other. I would watch some TV, hang out with my friends, or go to the lake. But sometimes people are wrong. And instead you get your buddy pounding on your door early in the morning.

"Leo! Get down here I got something you need to see."

"What do you want Finn?" I said getting to the door, "It's like 9 in the morning. On a Saturday."

"I know but did you see that program like night about the red Gyarados?"

"Of course I did." Why does he even ask? He knows that I'm always up to date on any pokemon discoveries.

"Well I thought we could go to lake Verity and maybe check it out for rare pokemon?" Damn, that was actually a good idea. The three lakes of Sinnoh are pretty up there when it comes to Pokemon lore...

"Yeah sounds like a plan but why do you want to leave now? It's not like the place is going to suddenly not be there in a few hours?" Hours I could be sleeping or studying, "Can't this at least wait till after lunch?"

"Fine... But you have to promise to come with me. No bailing out." He looked me right in the eyes and said, "Promise?"

"Promise."

Later that day I found myself on the way to the Lake with Finn talking up a storm as usual. Normally I would have bailed on him but this time he actually had a good idea. Plus if we got in trouble I knew enough about Pokemon to get us out of anything.

"Leo... Who are they?" I looked up to see an older man and a girl about our age looking out over the lake.

"If I had to guess I think that might be that Pokemon Professor from the next town over. I think his name was something to do with trees... Point is if he's here that means that you are on the right track."

"Cool!"

The old man must have taken this as his cue to leave with his assistant as soon the two of us were alone at the lake. We searched for what seemed like hours in trees and on the lake side. Of course I made sure that Finn didn't end up falling in or getting attack by wild Pokemon. Who knows what would have happened if I wasn't there to keep him in line.

"Leo! Help!" I heard Finn cry out. I spun around to see him standing in a patch of tall grass with two Starlys starting to close in on him. Without Pokemon of our own or any repels there wasn't much I could do but try to fend them off as well.

"Hold on Finn!" I ran over to him and began to think of a way out of this. When something caught my eye. It was three Pokeballs just sitting on the ground. I grabbed one and Finn did the same.

"Come on out, uh, Pokemon!" I yelled not knowing anything better to say. There in front of me stood a Chimchar. I looked over and saw that Finn had a Piplup. We finished off the Starlys with ease and stood in awe.

"Uh, good job Chimchar..."

"You too Piplup! Do you think that these belong to that professor guy?"

"That's two smart things you've said today, you're on a roll Finn."

"Awww thanks, wait!"

We both laughed as we returned our temporary allies.

"Next stop, Sandgem town!" I declared.

"Why?"

"Because these aren't ours. Also if we return them we might get a reward."

And so it was decided that the Pokemon would be returned that evening. As we started off for Sandgem we had no clue what to expect. Many battles were fought, but nothing that our team couldn't handle. And as we walked into town it almost felt a bit sad to know that I may not get to battle with these guys any more.

"Anybody home?" The lights were on in the lab but I couldn't hear any movement when I knocked.

"Come on in!" A feminine voice called from within.

The lab was more of a mess then I would have imagined. There were cords running to and for on the floor and bookcases that had more books on the floor then the shelfs. Yet the place seemed to feel put together.

"Aren't you the boys from the lake?" The girl asked, "My name's Emma, what brings you to the lab?"

"Is the professor here? I think we have something of his." I said holding up the two Pokeballs I had: the one with Chimchar and the other we hadn't opened.

"Eeck! Where did you find those?"

"We found them over at lake Verity, do they belong to you?" If I was giving up my chance to have a Pokemon I was at least going to make sure the little guy wasn't going to the wrong person.

"Emma, who's there?" The old man came around the corner. I didn't realize how intense he seemed and felt myself waiver at the thought of trying to get some sort of reward out of him. "Well hello there, are you here to return the Pokemon I left at the lake?"

"What do you mean?"

"First let me introduce myself. My name is Professor Rowan. I own and run this lab. I also am in charge of distributing starter Pokemon to youth who are ready to begin their adventure."

"I thought that there was a test?" Finn spoke up, I had almost forgot about him.

"And you passed." We both stared blankly back at him. "When I saw the two of you at the lake I left the three Pokeballs you are currently holding there as a test. If you returned them to me then you were ready to be given your very own Pokemon.

"But before you leave may I ask a favour? You see as a Pokemon professor I can not work without data on Pokemon. So I'm asking you to help me. I will give each of you a Pokedex. They will record the data I need.

"Now take warning. The world is dangerous and you will need to be careful. While you may not use your Pokemon for wrongdoing it doesn't mean others won't. And remember: Pokemon can die. I've seen many kids come back home in tears due to a terrible accident. Don't let this happen to you."

"Alright then, when can we start?" Finn asked eager to start his journey despite the grave warning.

"You may leave at anytime." Prof. Rowan explained.

"Alright!" And with that Finn was out the door.

"He sure is quick on his feet." Emma sighed, "I wish I could have an adventure too."

"Emma as my assistant you are to help me in my research." Rowan commented.

"I know... I just wish I could go out and have my own Pokemon too."

"Which is why you are going too. I can't having these two running around doing who knows what with my research. I need someone who knows what I'm looking for. So Emma here is your Pokemon and Pokedex." Rowan handed over a third Pokedex and the last Pokeball.

"R-really? You would do this for me?" Emma had tears in her eyes. She must have realized that I was still watching because she got red in the face and quickly headed outside for some air.

"Thanks." I turned to head out the door when Rowan caught me off guard.

"That look in your eyes. I know that look. Be careful and don't get headstrong."

My journey was about to begin. I had a bright future planned and nothing in my way. I could set off right now and never look back and be just fine. I was on top of the world. And I felt like a million bu-

"Your name was Leo right?"

"Uh, yeah. Emma right?" Why was I asking? I knew it already...

"Well I was thinking of maybe getting a battle against you before I went out in the wild. Would that be okay?"

Of course I accepted, and defeated her Pokemon with ease. And thanks to Chimchar's leveling up from the battles we had on the way over it was a quick battle too.

"Oh, Turtwig are you okay?" Emma knelt down to help her Pokemon.

"It should be fine I made sure that my Chimchar didn't push it too far."

"Wow, you are a really good Pokemon trainer for a kid. How old are you?"

"For a kid? I'm 16, and I bet you are about the same age right?" I mean she looked it.

"Yes... Uh, so where are you off to?"

"Jubilife city then, who knows from there? I think I will take the Gym Leader challenge at some point. What about you?"

"I was going to head to Jubilife too! Maybe we should team up! What do you think?" She looked excited to work with me. But that just wasn't my style. So I did the next best thing.

"How about we go together through route 202 and then we can split up to cover more ground for the Professor?" I suggested.

"I guess that makes sense." I knew she was disappointed but I had to do it this way.

We made tracks for the city of Jubilife. On the way I caught a Starly of all things. After naming it 'Manny' I felt that Chimchar needed his own name as well. And so my party was now two Pokemon deep between Simon and Manny. We continued to Jubilife where we parted ways. I headed north to route 204 and caught myself a Zubat by the name of 'West'. I decided to turn around and head east out of Jubilife instead after hearing that there was a Gym in the town just east of there, Oreburgh. As I began my travels on route 203 I meet a Shinx. She soon joined my party and was named 'Lilly'. I decided to bed down for the night before taking on Oreburgh gate and what lay beyond it.

End of entry One.

-Leo

I hope you enjoyed chapter one! The more I play the more you get! So long as I keep up with my writing that is. I promise that Leo won't be a Jerk from the whole thing so please don't stop reading if that's what you are afraid of!

Here's to chapter two! And to the rest of the exciting adventure!

-Lord Forehead