Verity: Would you stop this?

Dai: Why? It's fun.

Vee-Vee: Nothing owned here.

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The noise in the Colosseum was deafening. There were two battlers. One used a Metagross and does not deserve much mention. The other, however, is the heroine of this tale. She used a Salamence.

Carefully brushing back long red hair, emerald green eyes locked on their target. "Salamence, Dragon Claw."

THe massive dragon attacked, knocking the other Pokemon over.

"Metagross, Meteor Mash."

"Get in the air." Salamence launched herself into the sky, and the attack went by harmlessly. "Now, Hyper Beam."

The attack blew away the Metagross, and the trainer the girl was facing fell to the ground in defeat. As she smirked in triumph, the world spllit up around her.

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"Alright, Luna, we're done for today."

The twelve year old girl's arms were crossed as she looked at the trainer.

"These basic programs are so boring. Why can't I go into advanced training?"

"We've gone over this again. It's against the rules to put you through that training until you're fourteen."

"But that's years from now! This beginners stuff is boring!"

Besides her, a small yellow Pokemon barked in agreement.

"Jolt jolt!"

"See? Eon agrees, right, Eon?"

Luna's Jolteon nodded, walking right up to her.

"Sorry, Luna, but that's the rules. If you want, you can always go and practice by yourselves."

"I suppose. Say, what time is it?"

"Twelve forty-five."

"Oh great. Mom wanted to talk to me about something. We need to hurry, Eon!"

"Jolt eon!"

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The Pokemon HQ Lab in the Orre Region was home to many incredible experiments. However, it was best known as the home of the region's Pokemon Professor, Krane. Luna's mother happened to be one of his assistants. Naturally, she went to the place they always were at this time.

"Oh, Luna. I heard you've been doing rather well in training lately."

"Professor, please. My daughters are going to be spoiled senseless at this rate."

"Nonsense. Jovi is more strange than spoiled, and I can't see anything ever being able to change Luna."

"Say, where is Jovi? Have you seen her, Luna?"

Luna shrugged. "I just got out of training. However, I'd say she's probably hanging out at Kaminko's place again."

"Really? Because according to Adon, she's it in their game of hide and seek."

"Well, this doesn't surprise me. Once she had us waiting to be found for an hour, and it turned out she forgot and went to the manor before we were found."

"True. So, can you get her?"

"Sure. I just hope Chobin doesn't mistake me for a burglar... again."

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On their way out, Luna and Eon passed the unusually noisy lounge.

"No traces of the missing Cargo Ship S.S. Libra have been found. There is great concern for the welfare of numerous Pokemon on board. Whether or not this has any connection to the recent forty day storm is yet to be seen."

Luna sighed. They tracked the amount of time the storm had been going on, yet saw no connection. She knew there was something important about that number. She just needed to remember. Or better yet, she could look it up on her PDA, which had recently been upgraded to include a Pokedex. The results were not promising.

'Lugia, the diving Pokemon. It sleeps in a deep sea trench. If it flaps its wings, it's said to cause a forty day storm.'

Okay... It could have been a coincidence. There was no way a Legendary Pokemon would appear off of Gateon Port... right?

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Kaminko Manor was a rather creepy place. Luna never did like going there. However, her ten year old sister, Jovi, had an odd fascination with the place. Luna suspected, however, that all she would need to do to keep her away was to steal Chobin's glasses.

Speaking of Chobin, he came up just as Luna reached the door.

"Oh, a burglar."

"Chobin, it's just me. You know, Luna? From Pokemon HQ Lab?"

Chobin seemed not to hear, as he tossed out his Sunkern. Luna sighed. Jovi never had to deal with this.

"Eon, Bite." This was enough to knock out Sunkern, Eon having been trained just for occasions like that. Seriously, this happened each and every single time Luna went to Kaminko Manor. This was a lot, given how often she had to fetch Jovi.

"Oh, it's just Luna. Chobin wonders why you didn't speak up."

"I did. You wouldn't listen."

They were broken up by a blue haired ball of energy heading out the door. "Oh, Luna! Is it time for Jovi to head home?"

"Would I be dealing with Chobin if it weren't?"

"Oh, right. Doctor Kaminko is amazing, Luna! Come on! You just have to see it. Besides, Jovi has to get Mimi."

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The lab inside the Manor was rather interesting, the items developed being designed to make things harder for humans. However, there were a few useful objects, which was probably why Luna passed Makan from the parts shop on her way.

"Yoou're Luna, right?"

"Yeah."

"Good. When you get a chance, you need to tell Professor Krane that his Machine Part is ready."

"No problem."

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After the two of them returned, Jovi went off to find Adon. After that, they went to a room that the professor had called them to.

"Ah, good."

"What did you call us for?"

"Well, I basically need you to be our guinea pigs. You see these? They are prototype Snag Machines."

"Snag Machines? You mean to steal Pokemon?"

"Specifically, Shadow Pokemon. Remember five years ago?"

"Yeah. Shadow Pokemon were on the rise, and two kids named Maxwell and Joy stopped them. Maxwell had a Snag Machine, and Joy was an Aura Guardian in training."

"Exactly! Well, that got me thinking. The two of them can't hang around Orre forever. They aren't in the region now. So, if Shadow Pokemon came back, we designed these special Snag Machines. You see, if you connect an Aura Reader to them, they only Snag Shadow Pokemon. You can disconnect it, but only if you have the passcode. Can I trust you with the passcode?"

Luna nodded. "I promise we won't abuse it. Right, Jovi?"

"Jovi promises."

The professor wrote down the passcode on a sheet of paper. The two of them then put on the Snag Machines.

"Looks good. Now to test them out. Let's go to the training room."

Luna chuckled. "They have a Battle Sim for everything."

Aidan handed the two of them five Poke Balls each. That's when they heard the scream.

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The two of them ran outside to see Professor Crane being hauled away. Jovi pulled out her Plusle's Poke Ball. One of them turned around.

"Oh? What do you think you can do? Go, Teddiursa!"

Using the Aura Readers, they discovered that it had a black Aura.

"A Shadow Pokemon!"

Jovi grabbed an empty Poke Ball. "Snag Ball, go!"

"Wait- Snag Ball?"

The Snag Ball captured Teddiursa and brought her around towards Jovi.

"Was that a Snag Machine?"

"She's not the only one." Luna figured that the best method was intimidation.

"What? Two Snag Machines? We need to report this!"

They dumped the professor in the truck and hauled him away.

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"Luna, that Teddiursa Jovi Snagged probably isn't the only Shadow Pokemon out there."

"So, I suppose we have to journey around Orre?"

"Maybe. But without the professor, we can't finish the Purify Chamber."

"What says that? Our pride as scientists is on the line. We can finish it."

"Luna, Jovi wants to help, too!"

"I'm sure it'll be fine, Jovi. After all, you were the one to Snag Teddiursa. I haven't Snagged anything yet."

Eon snuggled against Luna's side. "Jolt jolt eon jolteon!"

Luna nodded. "You're right. I'll get something eventually."

Little did they know, but they had just set themselves on a long path, one that would take all of their power to finish.

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Dai: Next time, they visit the Port, and Luna Snags a Pokemon.