A new day is dawning in Littleroot Town in the Hoenn region. Shine and Glow, accompanied with their Mudkip and Torchic, steadily prepare for their pokemon journeys to start. The twins sat out on the front porch of their pouch playing with their pokemon, awaiting a last-minute visit from their father and stepbrother Sidney.
"What do you think he'll be like?" asked Glow while stroking her Torchic.
"I dunno. We haven't seen him for years, not since mom and dad's divorce." Shine was feeding Mudkip some pokeblocks he bought at the convenience store.
"Well I hear he was kicked out of his old school." Her timid Torchic jumped up at the sound of this.
"What're you so worried about? Half of my friends got kicked out of school and their not scary," Shine pointed out.
"Shine, that was preschool. Your friends drew all over the classroom walls with markers during naptime."
"Aw, whatever." He lay back down on the porch. "They still got kicked out, and they had to be sent to day care in the next town over."
Before glow could remark, an old station wagon pulled up in front of the house. A short, stout man stepped out and embraced his children.
"Hey you guys! How's it been?"
"Great, Dad!"
From the other side of the car, a tall sinewy teenager with one tuft of hair on his almost bald head stepped out to greet his brother and sister.
"Hey what's up, gu—"
At that second, Glow's timid Torchic, having heard so much about Sidney, used ember on him right when he was about to approach Glow.
"Oh my god. I'm so sorry! I didn't mean for Torchic to use its attack on you! I'm really, really sorry!"
"Hahahaha!" Sidney wiped the ashes of his face like it didn't happen. "That's okay. My Absol was just like that when we first met. Huh?" He looked over at Shine and his Mudkip. "Is this Mudkip yours, little man?"
"Yeah! It's the strongest Mudkip around too!" Shine help up his small blue friend with pride.
"Cool, cool. My Absol's pretty tough too. Hey, wanna battle?"
"Whoa there!" The twins' mom stepped down from the house to greet Sidney and her ex-husband. "We still have to have dinner and make arrangements for your journey!"
For the rest of the night, the small house in Littleroot was full of happiness and anticipation. Finally, at the end of the party, Shine and Glow were ready to begin their journey.
Their mother stepped before them. "Shine, Glow, you two are about to start you journeys into the great unknown. It's dangerous, and you're just little kids. So, we agreed that an adult will accompany you."
"WHAT?!" Shine and Glow were shocked at the decision.
"Yes, I know you're angry and shocked. But the adult you're going with is Sidney.
"WHAT?!" Shine and Glow were shocked at the decision.
"Hey, guys!" Sidney went over and crouched down to their level putting his arms around them both. "I'm not stingy like the folks. I'm just there to make sure you don't die."
"Wow, thanks." Shine and Glow said in unison.
With that, Shine and Glow's journeys begin, along with Sidney. Unknown to them however, they were currently being watched by a mysterious force.
Bzzt! "Come in admin, come in admin! We found red and blue pokemon; they might be the ones we're looking for!"
Bzzt! "Excellent work you three. Now capture them and them back to base for their extermination."
"Roger that, admin."