Prologue: The Professor's Call

"Aaaahh...good to be back home!" sighed Mario, laying down onto his bed.

The Mario Bros. came back from their two month vacation from Isle Delfino. It was noon by the time they got back.

After saving the princess again from Bowser, Luigi thought it was a good time to take a break from all the action. Mario insisted not to, saying heroes never take breaks, but Peach convinced Mario that it's been awhile since they've relaxed. So the Mario Bros. packed their luggage and headed on a plane to the sunny paradise.

"Boy! Wasn't the last two months great, Mario?" Luigi asked. He had his suitcase on his bed, already unpacking.

Mario didn't answer. Already, he was sleeping.

Luigi chuckled. "Guess "Jumpman" is already exhausted from all that souvenir shopping!"

3 hours later...

"Oof!" Mario yelled. He got hit in the head with a pillow. Looking up, he saw his brother.

"Hey! Why'd you hit me?" squealed Mario. He rubbed his head.

"It's three o' clock." said Luigi. "You haven't unpacked your bags yet."

Mario looked beside him. His suitcase was on the bed, still closed.

He groaned. "I'm-a get to it..."

"Well, hurry up!" said Luigi. "I already have dinner ready!"

"Dinner? At this time of the day?"

"I needed something to do while you were snoring up the house!" Luigi rushed back downstairs.

Mario got off his bed, still feeling a bit exhausted. He tried to unzip his bag.

"Mamamia! The zippers stuck!" Mario scowled. He pulled harder and harder, but the zipper wouldn't budge.

He pulled with all his might, and finally, the suitcase unzipped with a zooop!

Mario pulled so hard, he tripped back and fell, breaking the zipper.

"Mamamia!" Mario yelled.

He calmed down, then stood back up. He started unpacking. He had bought a lot of souvenirs from Isle Delfino.
He had bought a miniature-sized version of the island itself, a Hoola Dancing Pianta, a light blue shirt with Shine Sprites on it and a bouncy ball in the shape of a coconut.

He layed the souvenirs on his bed when...

RING!!!

The phone started ringing.

"Mario! Could you get-a that?" shouted Luigi. "I'm in the bathroom, washing up!"

Mario picked up the phone that was on the coffee table beside his bed. "Hello?

"Oyamaa!!" screamed a voice.

"Umm...I think you've got the wrong number." said Mario.

"Wait!" the voice said. "It's me! Professer Elvin Gadd!"

Professer Elvin Gadd, most known as Dr. E Gadd, is a crazy scientist that has helped Mario and Luigi throughout their adventures, usually supplying them with strange, but helpful inventions.

Surprised, Mario replied, "E. Gadd? It's-a been awhile! Why are you calling us?" Mario heard a rough cough and then E. Gadd's voice.

"Mario! Get you and your brother down here to the lab! I have someone I want you to meet!" He immediately hung up.

Mario put the phone back. "Wow, he hung up so fast I couldn't tell him no..." Mario's butt still ached from tripping onto the floor, but had to tell Luigi about the phone call, so he rushed downstairs and to the kitchen, seeing Luigi already eating. He had made spaghetti.

Luigi looked up from his plate. "So who was it?"

Mario was looking at the spaghetti with hunger, but quickly told Luigi about the call. "It was Professor E. Gadd. He said he wants us to come to his lab and meet someone!"

Luigi quickly finished his plate of spaghetti. "Alright! Let's go!"

"Hey! I never ate yet!"

"Fine! We'll go after you eat..."

Boo Woods...

"These woods still give me the creeps!" shuttered Luigi. He was close behind his brother. Luigi never had a thing for ghosts. And Boo Woods was one place who would never want to go to. At day it was normal woods with dead trees, but at night, Boos wandered around aimlessly, scaring people who dared entered this creepy forest.

"Oh come on, Luigi! It's-a daytime! The sun is bright and no Boo would be caught out here in this light!"

"Yeah, I know," said Luigi. "but every time I come here, I always feel like something is watching me"

"Don't worry, we're almost there!" comforted Mario.

After following the trail through Boo Woods for 10 minutes, they finally got to the Professor's lab. At first glance,
it looked like a small, unused shack, but under it was a humongous laboratory!

Mario knocked. No one answered.

"Try ringing the doorbell!" suggested Luigi.

Mario rang the doorbell. Again no one answered.

Suddenly, a small rumbling noise was heard under their feet.

"What is that?" asked Mario.

The rumbling noise got louder.

"I don't know, but let's get outta here!" Luigi shouted. He tried to run, but Mario grabbed his collar.

Suddenly, the ground broke under them. Mario and Luigi fell down through the hole.

"Mamamia!" shouted Mario.

"WAAAAHAAAHAHAAA!!!!" shrieked Luigi.

THUD!!

Mario landed on a steel surface. Luigi landed right next to him.

"Ow!" yelled Mario. "Hasn't my head gone through enough pain today?:

"Apparently, no." Luigi replied.

They looked around and saw a ton of gizmos and gadgets everywhere! The Mario Bros. surely knew where they were.

"The Professor's lab!" they both exclaimed.

Then, a small doorway slid open. Out came Professer E. Gadd in his usual white laboratory coat. "Mario Bros! It's been awhile!"

Luigi stood up. "May I ask, Professer, why'd you make us fall down through a hole to your lab?"

"My front door is broken," answered E. Gadd. "since it will take me awhile to fix it, I made another, more 'fun' way to get in."

"But you couldn't fix the door?"

"Enough Luigi." asked Mario. "So, why'd you want us to come here?"

"Oh yes!" exclaimed E. Gadd. "Come, this way." He motioned the Mario Bros. towards the doorway that led to his workshop.
Inside, there was an elderly man with beige-coloured pants, a purple collar shirt and also a white lab coat. He was reading a book. There was also a suitcase behind him.

"Guys," E. Gadd said. "I would like you to meet the Pokemon Professor, Sammy Oak."

The Mario Bros. greeted the Professor.

Professor Oak closed his book and turned towards the Mario Bros. "Hello! I've heard lots of good things about you two."

Luigi straightened his hat. "Well of course. We are the Mario Bros!"

Mario knocked off his brothers hat off his head. Luigi, annoyed, picked it up.

"So, why did you ask us to come here?" asked Mario.

"Well, my friend has asked me if you two could help him on something." answered E. Gadd. He turned to Prof. Oak.
"Why don't you tell 'em?"

Prof. Oak nodded. "Did you two ever hear about Pokemon?"

"No clue!" exclaimed Luigi.

"Well, where I came from, Pokemon are species that inherit amazing powers that they can use. People catch these Pokemon to battle, or to just simply keep as pets."

"So, what? Are you saying that Pokemon are wild creatures?" Mario asked.

"Yes. Pokemon are usually found in the wild. People who catch Pokemon are simply called Pokemon Trainers."

"Boy! That sounds pretty fun!" said Luigi.

Professor Oak nodded in gratitude.

And so Prof. Oak explained the basics of Pokemon to the Mario Bros. How Pokemon can evolve, how they can learn moves to help them fight in battle, how Pokemon have different personalities, and tons of other Pokemon stuff.

"Wow...just wow!" Luigi said, amazed. "That was the longest I've ever listened to somebody!"

Mario stood up, "But Professor Oak, why are you telling us all this?"

"Well you see, all the Pokemon have roamed around the world. From the Kanto region, to the Johto region, from the Hoenn region to even the Sinnoh region."

"Yeah...I don't know those places..." told Luigi.

"Well, I've just noticed that Pokemon are now coming here to the Mushroom Kingdom." explained Prof. Oak. "So I thought I'd travel here and show the Mushroomers about Pokemon."

"And to be honest, he's already done it!" exclaimed Prof E. Gadd.

"Since when?" asked Mario.

"Oh, I don't know, like a month or two."

Mario and Luigi were surprised.

"Already?" shouted Luigi.

"And you're just telling us?" said Mario.

"Yep." said E. Gadd. "I was told you guys were vacationing, so I didn't want to disturb you."

"Well, if it was something fun like Pokemon, I wouldn't have minded being disrupted from our vacation!" said Luigi.

"So how much of the Mushroom Kingdom know about Pokemon?" asked Mario.

"Pretty much the whole entire kingdom!" exclaimed E. Gadd.

"Wow, news can spread real quickly." said Luigi, turning to his bro, then back at Prof. Oak. "So, are you telling me everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom has their own Pokemon?

"Yep, pretty much."

"So Princess Peach is okay with this?"

"She actually enjoyed Pokemon!"

"So she also has her won Pokemon?"

"Well, we haven't gotten her a Pokemon, yet."

"Not yet?" interrupted Mario. "Well, how are you gonna get her one?"

"That's why you are here!"said E. Gadd. "Follow me!" He headed towards a back door in the workshop. The Mario Bros. followed, with Prof. Oak right behind them. He carried the suitcase with him.

The door lead to a long, steel tunnel, with lights lighting up the whole corrider. Their was stairs in front of them, with a circular platform at the bottom. It had a circular couch that went along the edge of the platform. All four of them got on it. Professor E. Gadd pressed a button on the control panel in the center. The platform started moving through the tunnel. It took 5 minutes to get to the end. The all climbed off. At the end of the tunnel was a large, metallic door.

"Here we are!" shouted E. Gadd.

"I wonder what's through here." said Mario.

"You'll see." said Prof. Oak.

E. Gadd entered a password on the door, and it started to slide open slowly. A bright light shone through.
A bunch of animal cries could be heard.

"Whoa..." said Luigi.

What surprise could be beyond the door? Stay tuned!

I do not own any Mario or Pokemon related characters. They belong to Nintendo. So they aren't mine.