Pok'EdMon – The Indigo Saga
Episode 1; Let's Get Start'EDD

Author's Note; This is a re-write of one of my first fanfictions, Pok'Edmon. When I first wrote it, I was very very young, and I didn't have the writing skills to do it justice. Now that I'm hopefully older and wiser, I'd like to give it another crack. Enjoy ^^

Eddward "Double-D" Yew was playing on the Tetris Arcade Machine outside the candy store. As a child, this candy store was practically Nirvana to him and his two friends. Now he was almost fifteen, his mother had seen fit to increase his allowance, and as such, Double-D was able to sample the tasty morsels more often.

Five weeks ago, Double-D's parents had begun talking to his uncle, Professor Aldous Yew. Aldous Yew was an acclaimed biologist, last seen working off the coast of Japan, studying new species. Now that Double-D was about to graduate high-school four years early, Professor Yew had offered to take his nephew in for a few years and make him an apprentice of sorts. Double-D was very eager to study abroad, and his parents were thrilled that Double-D would be…for lack of a better word, under somebody's supervision.

This was gonna be an all new chapter in Double-D's life…he only wished Ed and Eddy were here to see him off. But unfortunately, both of his companions were serving double time in detention.

There was the sound of tire-treads on tarmac, and Double-D spotted a big white van driving up the road. Though it was still a fair distance away, Double-D had excellent eyesight, and he was able to read the print on the side of the van.

Kanto Research Labs

The van pulled up in front of Double-D, and the young boy saw his Uncle's smiling face at the wheel. Professor Yew turned to his nephew, smiled, and stepped out of the van.

He was a tall, slender man, with an orange goatee and wild orange hair, wearing a periwinkle shirt, a red tie, and a white labcoat.

"Eddward!" Yew happily sang, opening his arms and embracing his nephew. "It's so good to see you. You've gotten so big now! And I am sooooo proud of you for graduating early."

"Thank you, Uncle." Edd smiled as he hugged his uncle.

"Now, you and I are going to have change the world…" Yew smiled. He held out his car keys and clicked open his van.

"Would you like to see my research?" He asked. Edd was awestruck. He was going to work with an actual scientist! And he was going to get to see actual research!

Yew and Double-D stepped into the van, and Double-D followed him inside. And instantly, Double-D was aww-struck. There were beeping screens and machines the likes of which he had never seen.

"Take a seat, I'll give you the broad strokes of what I'm working on."

Yew activated a couple of machines, and picked up what looked like a red PDA device.

"This is a Pokedex. A digital encyclopedia on Pokemon."

This word caught Double-D by surprise. He had honestly never heard that word before.

"What is Pokemon?"

Yew's eyes lit up in a bright sparkle. He was hoping that Edd would ask that.

"Well Eddward, what if I told you that our world held a new creature. Not human, animal, nor plant or microbe. These creatures are called Pokemon. Over 1000 species, with more being discovered and documented every day!"

Double-D was blown back. "How is that possible Uncle? If there were really new species, why aren't they widely published? Documented? In zoos?"

Yew grinned widely and pulled out a holographic globe. He swiped his finger on the globe, taking Edd to a massive expanse of ocean, a good couple hundred miles off the coast of japan.

"Y'see, it turns out that there's a rather sizeable Archepelago located in the south-eastern-most region of the globe. AIt's been COMPLETELY undiscovered by satellites, because for some reason, it's directly underneath an area of Ozone that renders it practically undetected."

Double-D was amazing. The meteorlogical ramifications alone were impossible to comprehend.

"Here, let me show you a Pokemon." Yew smiled. He reached over to his desk and retrieved a small plastic case. Double-D wondered if a Pokemon was a type of insect or something, or a tiny mammal.

Yew opened the case, and rolled out five tiny red and white spheres into his palm. He clicked on a white button, and the ball enlarged. Double-D's eyes widened. And Yew noticed.

"Don't worry, I'm sure I can explain all this technology from the Pokemon Continent later." Yew smiled. "Now, this is a Pokeball, a device used to capture and store Pokemon."

Yew activated the ball, and it opened up, revealing a glorious light. The light poured itself onto Yew's work bench, and took form. The light swirled into a shape, then popped into a cloud of glittery sparks, leaving only a small black fox on the table.

"Zor…" It squeaked.

"This is Zorua!" Yew explained. "A Pokemon native to the Unova region of the Pokemon World."

Double-D was aghast. What he just saw…it flew in the face of science. The implications of a Pokeball alone! Did it convert matter to energy. Was the poor creature conscious inside the ball, or was in a sort of…suspended animation."

Yew noticed the boy's confusion. He put a caring hand on his nephew's shoulder, and smiled.

"Edd, I promise, every question you could possibly come up with has an answer." Yew smiled. He noticed the Zorua still on the desk.

"Go on, give him a pet." Yew encouraged. Double-D looked fearful of this new animal. Despite this, the Zorua had amazingly intelligent eyes. It was almost as if Double-D could read its facial expression. It just looked mildly confused.

Edd put out a trembling hand, and when he started to freeze up in nervousness, the Zorua took note, and put his head into Edd's palm, doing most of the petting work himself. Double-D relaxed a little bit when he heard Zorua purr. Yew smiled slightly. The first time with a Pokemon was always the same.

"Zorua is one of the Pokemon that my labs are researching. We have many specimens like him. Here," Yew said, handing Double-D the Pokedex. "Give Zorua a check with the Pokedex."

Double-D took the red e-book, and pointed the camera at Zorua.

"Zorua, the Tricky Fox Pokemon. Zorua are found in deep wooded areas, and have the ability to cast illusions by bending light. Known as masters of illusion, these Pokemon are notorious pranksters."

The Pokedex then proceded to give additional stats, such as the known heights and weights, known diets and some additional information that Edd was unable to understand right away, like this thing called Type, or Attacks.

"Eddward, in the Pokemon World, Pokemon are friends, playmates, co-workers and partners. They are fantastic creatures, with hearts made to be loving and loyal." Yew explained. "We research them. We keep them as pets. And most of all, we become Pokemon Trainers."

Double-D was about to say something, but Yew anticipated, and produced an iPad device, and gave it to his nephew. He unlocked it, and scrolled through a list of video files. He selected one, Gengar vs. Onix.

It showed more strange creatures. It showed a shadow-like gas creature, apparently Gengar, careening around a well-lit arena, slamming itself into an unknown pink-rabbit-like creature. The pink rabbit did not witstand the hit, and it went down.

"Nidorino is unable to battle! Bruno will now select his next pokemon!"

A Pokeball was thrown in-front of Gengar, and the creature that next manifested terrified Edd. It was a friggin tremendous serpent pokemon, made entirely out of boulders. It roared, and slammed Gengar with its mighty tail. The shadow Pokemon was knocked back.

"Gengar, use Shadow Ball!"

The shadowy pokemon summoned a crackled black sphere in front of it, and fired it at Onix, landing a direct hit. The creature roared.

Double-D was completely enraptured. The creatures. They were impossible…but at the same time, here they were. The universe was exploding in his head. How did they do they things they did? Where did they come from.

"Eddward," Yew smiled. "You and I are going to study Pokemon together…and change the world."