In the far and vast region of Sinnoh, there is a town called Twinleaf. It is a place of beginning for those who wish to travel with their friends, both human and pokemon, for those who wish to learn something about life and soul, and for those who are bored. And in this town there lived two friends. One, delicate but adventurous. The other, strong, willing and hebetudinous. When one today decides, to start her journey into fun and happiness, darkness and pain, friends and idiots, the other is sure to follow. This is the beginning of an awkward tale.

"Anna! Are you awake yet?"

"Yes. Yes, I am."

To be honest, she never slept. That is an exaggeration. But nonetheless, Anna slept little. Between school and expectations at home and friends and the indulgence of a certain genre of manga, it was an accomplishment just to exist.

Nentoudoi Anna closed her laptop. She was still wearing the clothes she wore to school yesterday. Her brown hair was as fuzzy as ever and her glasses were going against their purpose. Now if it was any other Saturday she would have continued to explore the internet but as would be the purpose of this adventure, this was not any other ordinary Saturday. She took a shower, refusing to brush her hair, and changed into some clean clothes; a pair of faithful jeans, her favorite shirt, which was green with various lighter colored designs and her infamous chocobo hairclip. She started to pack. She didn't want to be in a hurry to get ready after breakfast. She unraveled her backpack. It was hand sewn by her grandmother with designs of teddy bears, monkeys, and kitties. It was huuuuge, man. She stored inside, her sketchbook and her best pencils along with two erasers and a sharpener. She took her wallet; it only contained about one thousand yen, but Anna was hoping that her mother would give her more. She found a small bag to hold her toothbrush and other bathroom-ar objects, including one set of spare clothes. She took along a small sewing kit with fabric and needles. She also stored a small notepad and her phone. Lastly, she stuffed her toy Pikachu in there. It was old and worn-out from too many years of loving and that's why she was taking it.

Anna assumed that that was it. She slung the bag over her shoulder and joined her family in the kitchen for a breakfast of assorted sandwiches and tea. Her grandparents enjoyed the tea. Her mother and father discussed work. Her sister, Ola, stuffed herself. Anna ate her breakfast thoughtfully across from the empty seat of her brother. He was where she was going to be going after breakfast.

They finished breakfast. When washing her hands in her bathroom for the last time for a while, it Dawned upon her that she had forgotten something. She rushed into her room, kicked the family growlithe off her bed, and found her still-bright-green-after-all-these-years leek. It was big and sturdy and stuck out of her bag…majestically!

After venturing downstairs again, her parents bid her farewell and good luck and to remember to call. Her mother did give her more. Her grandparents offered their words of advice and one apple for the road. Ola stood in the background eating a bagel with strawberry spread, but she did step up to give her sister a hug as well. Only Mella that growlithe was happy to see her go. Anna checked over her things one last time and she was off to Sandgem Town to get her first pokemon.

Anna had just latched her front gate when someone nearly THUDed into her. That someone was Keikoon Justyna: neighbor and unfortunately BFF. She stood up straight with her blond hair tied back and glasses crooked. Like Anna she wore comfortable jeans and her favorite black shirt, which read DFTSC, a careful acronym. She also wore a long pink scarf despite that it was very warm. She loved that scarf. She had her own huge bag covered in Lucky Stars and filled with paper and pencils and many useless things she refused to leave behind.

"Hey dude. You look tired." Justyna noted.

"I'm always tired." Anna replied in her monotone voice.

"Okay, whatever. Are we going to Rowan's now?"

"I guess." Anna shrugged. No one could tell how excited she was.