A/N: Sorry, about the deletion, It was forced down by the admins for being not a story, this however, is a story.
"Now, Arceus' kingdom shall be brought to the world! The Armed Saints of Lord Arceus shall bring law and order to the vile and wicked people of the Northembor Region! Arceus' Law shall reign supreme!" Shouted a masked figure standing on a podium with three other figures by his side over a large group of men and women clad in white cloaks with gold emblazoning of their symbol, Arceus' headpiece.
"Arceus shall die, he is weak, and slowly degrading, our lives will be ruled by none soon enough! The Front to Eliminate Divine Punishment will stand victorious!" Declared a different masked figure, hundreds of miles from the first, speaking on a similar podium with three other figures, to a crowd clad in black pinstripe suits with red ties.
"Hello, there! Glad to meet you! Welcome to the world of Pokémon! My name is Oak! People affectionately refer to me as the Pokémon Professor. "I know you, everyone does..." This world… …is inhabited far and wide by creatures called Pokémon! "We know!" For some people, Pokémon are pets. Other use them for battling. As for myself… I study Pokémon as a profession. But first, tell me a little about yourself. Now tell me. Are you a boy? Or are you a girl? "You can see me!" Let's begin with your name. What is it? Right… So your name is Elise. This boy. He's been your rival since you both were babies. …Erm, what was his name now? …Er, was it Benjamin? That's right! I remember now! His name is Benjamin! Elise! Your own very Pokémon legend is about to unfold! A world of dreams and adventures with Pokémon awaits! Let's go!"
"Elise! They're announcing the Pokedex recipients!" Shouted Elise's mother, which jolted the new trainer from her very odd dream; she couldn't quite understand why she'd dream about Professor Oak, who lived a whole continent and a whole Ocean away asking her if she was a boy or a girl, especially when she was right there, but it didn't matter, today was huge; the Pokedex winners would be announced.
In the Northembor Region, Pokedexes were given to those deemed the most proficient battlers; every high school had an open application for seniors to acquire a Pokedex, and applying meant you were entered in a tournament using rental Pokemon within the school, the winner of which would be entered in a random drawing where six of the winners would receive a Pokedex, along with a starter Pokemon, one of 18, via Professor Laurel, the region's foremost expert on Pokemon. Only the best trainers were eligible, and Elise was entered, there was only one thing left to do, wait and hope. Elise changed out of her standard night attire of a green t shirt and white shorts into her daytime attire of a formfitting white shirt with an odd green and black graphic, jean shorts (she liked shorts, finding them comfy and easy to wear.), and blue running shoes, and made her way into the house's living room.
"There you are, I was worried you'd miss it!" Laughed her mother, a tall redhead with a slight bit of smile lines, but still very much beautiful; she was very much sought after, but felt nothing in the way of romance; in fact, she'd adopted Elise. The girl's actual parents were unknown, but Elise considered the woman who raised her her mother in every way except biology.
"And now, we go to this year's Pokedex recipients: Natasha Nele!" A picture of a girl with shoulder length gray hair and peach eyes flashed on the screen, Elise was oddly stricken by how adorable she was. "David LeBleur!" An intimidating looking young man with spiky black hair and blue eyes was shown. Elise was intrigued by him, the eyes seemed to betray a good deal of intelligence. "Jeanne Esclepion!" A girl with short brown hair with a streak of magenta and brown eyes was shown on screen, Elise found her a bit of an odd case, not much she could say... "Rachael Larch!" A sickly looking girl with long brown hair in a ponytail, and eyes of the same color appeared on screen, Elise felt a pang of sorrow, that girl looked really sick. "Benjamin Epistaxis!" Elise scowled at the boy with shoulder length blonde hair and green eyes who appeared on screen; Benjamin had been in the same 7th grade homeroom as her, and never stopped hitting on her and all of the other girls in said homeroom the whole year. At first, there wasn't a whole lot wrong, he'd say something, Elise would turn him down, but after the hundredth time or so, Elise had grown to hate him. Fortunately, he moved away after that year.
"Hey, you were in school with him for a year!" Pointed out her mother.
"Yeah, we didn't get along, and he still thought I might become his girlfriend..." Muttered Elise.
"Oh, right..."
"And finally, the last winner of the draw... Elise Maynard!" Elise could hardly believe it, her own picture, with her bobbed brown hair, and green eyes was put on the screen.
"Oh my Arceus! I'm one of the Pokedex recipients!" Cheered Elise, as she ascended from her seat and began doing a bizarre victory dance involving awkwardly gyrating her arms and running in place.
"Well, it looks like I'd better help you get packed for the journey, Professor Laurel's giving them out tomorrow." Her mother laughed, proud at her daughter's accomplishment.
Elise could hardly sleep, her dream was coming true; she'd soon be a national celebrity, if only for a year, after all, the Pokedex holders were meant to be field agents for the research of Pokemon, as well as prominent pro trainers, the two together made for a good deal of interest, and they were already saying that this would be the best year for the promotion in recent memory, judging by the battle video of the winners' tournaments.
Elise slung the black bag she'd packed over her shoulder; it contained the things she'd need for the journey; some money, a potion or two, a bit of food, and some extra clothes. Elise would be out there for awhile yet, so there was plenty of space for other things she might acquire on the way, but that wasn't important now...
"Mom, thank you for putting up with me for the last 18 years, and always being there, I'm sorry I have to go, but there's more out there, and I need to find it. I promise to come back when I can." Said Elise, as she walked down the stairs into the kitchen.
"I understand Elise, I had to leave on a journey once too, I spent some time as a trainer, but I ended up as a coordinator; I didn't really get anywhere with that either, so I settled down as a shopkeeper her in Barharbor Town, I understand how it is, find out what your life holds; for me, it was raising a wonderful daughter." Said her mother, a tear on her face. "And remember, running shoes are called running shoes for a reason! Don't walk unless you have to!" She laughed as Elise left the house for Laurel's lab
It wasn't far from Barharbor town to the region's main Pokemon lab, less than a mile in fact, the town was on an island connected to the mainland by a bridge, and the lab, a skyscraper one could say, stood immediately after it. Elise had been out of town before, and thus had no trouble reaching the lab, and finding the professor.
"Hello, Elise!" Said Professor Laurel as Elise made her way into the main office. Laurel was a man in his early 30s, with blonde hair in an afro, and a tall, lanky build.
"We're ready now!" Shouted a girl with a light green halter top and skirt of the same color that Elise recognized as Natasha.
"Beautiful Elise! I knew we were destined when I saw you were picked too!" Declared Benjamin, clad in the blue button down shirt with short sleeves and khakis Elise remembered him wearing.
"That's what you said about all of us girls..." Groaned the girl Elise remembered as Rachel, who wore a loose purple shirt with cream colored pants and white running shoes.
"Finally! Let's get to goddamn business!" Shouted Jeanne, the short haired girl from earlier. She wore a green vest unzipped, with a dark green tank top green jeans, and bandaids littering her fingers.
"Now is as good a time as any..." Agreed a spiky black haired boy, David, Elise recalled, wearing a black hoodie, and gray sweat pants.
"Alright, here are your Pokedexes!" Announced Laurel, his assistants supplying a Pokedex to each of the six winners. "Every year, I ask for six new trainers to gather information for my research, as there is much still to learn, more than one trainer can record, I ask of you six to search them out; I understand it's unlikely that one of you will complete the regional Pokedex, so the six of you will work on it collectively. In addition, the Pokedex contains information on all of the Pokemon that have been studied via this program up until this point, but it isn't complete, because one can only learn so much from so many specimens. In addition, we also provide 18 unique starter Pokemon, one per type. As the first drawn was Natasha, she shall select first.
A dais with 18 Pokeballs and the Pokemon contained in them holographically displayed over them emerged from the floor.
"Oh, how cute!" Declared Natasha, as she picked the fairy type starter, Togepi.
"Dratini, huh?" Muttered David as he took the dragon starter from its pedestal
"Trapinch, a future dragon, perfect!" Jeanne decided as she took the ground starter.
"Ralts, maybe it can help me..." Muttered Rachel, picking up the psychic starter.
"That Cyndaquil is perfect!" Shouted Benjamin.
"Elise, that leaves you." Noted Professor Laurel.
"Hm. Which one..." Thought Elise as she looked over the 13 remaining choices, all of them looked good, how was she supposed to decide.
"PICK THE ARON!" Commanded Benjamin, with a smirk.
"Aron!" Agreed Elise, picking up the steel starter.
"You're an asshole, Ben." Muttered Jeanne.
"And now, let's battle!" Shouted Benjamin, throwing Cyndaquil's Pokeball, and the hedgehog-esque creature emerging from it.
"Aron!" Elise called Aron into the battle as well.
"Didn't think this one through, did you?" Jeanne's anger turned to amusement as she realized that Benjamin's plan to put himself at an advantage did essentially nothing.
"Gah! I should have chosen Machop..." Sighed Benjamin, as the same dawned on him.
"Remember, the Pokedex, which doubles as a map and communications device, can show you your Pokemon's moves, as it syncs with your Pokeballs." Explained Laurel. "Go ahead and give it a look."
"Why does Cyndaquil know extrasensory?" Asked Benjamin.
"And Aron knows Dragon Rush..." Affirmed Elise.
"Those are egg moves, an egg move is learned if the Pokemon's father was a specific species from the same egg group as the mother, all of the starters here have egg moves." Continued the professor.
"Well, this should be fun then..." Muttered Elise, deviously. "Aron, Dragon Rush!" Aron rushed at Cyndaquil, who moved out of the way, and struck back with an extrasensory, which only barely damaged Aron. "Aron won't be damaged that easily, use mud slap!" Directed Elise. Aron flung mud into Cyndaquil's face, and Cyndaquil was damaged and distracted by the pain. "Now tackle for the finish!" Aron walloped Cyndaquil, and sent him to the ground unconscious.
"Excellent work, Elise, just remember, if you get reckless, Pokemon can die in battle, thought it is rare, a small Pokemon like Aron can't withstand Dragon Rush over and over again, so don't depend on it to win you fights. In any event, I have a small job for the six of you..."
A/N: Still need Team Salvation leader, and several other OCs, detailed on my profile, so look there if you want to see what's available,