Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
Episode 1: A New Quest
Hello! My name's NachoDude! This is my first posted fanfic, so I hope you like it! I promise to work hard, and extra hard if you like it! So enjoy my Diamond and Pearl story! It's based directly off the game (specifically my game, but the Pokemon the character's catch is slightly different) and the names are directly from my Pearl file.
Just a note; I don't own Pokemon or Nintendo, no matter how much I would give to. Seriously, I don't think anything I have is worth it…except my eternal soul…
Nacho sat in his room. He was playing Wii Play on his Nintendo Wii. He had just got a Bronze Medal on the Tanks game.
"Dang it", Nacho sighed. "I was going for a record." Nacho had been bored out of his mind for months. He thought the new Wii would bring some excitement into his life, but not many games made it as
far out as the tiny village of Twinleaf. The new Zelda hasn't even arrived, even after being out for months.
"Let's see what's on TV" Nacho said to no one, grabbing the remote and switching to Television Mode. The screen turned blue for a second and then displayed a large lake. Roaring of Pokemon could be heard in the background.
"-arados was reported to have been seen, but the claims were unverified." said the reporter on the Pokemon News Network. "Other Gyarados are also reported to be even more common than usual in the past few weeks. The rising star of the Johto region, Silver, was reported to have Surfed out on a Feraligatr to the middle of the lake and confronted the Gyarados."
"Oh, no! There's Gyarados in Johto's Lake of Rage? What ever shall we do?" Nacho commented sarcastically. "Jeez, tell us something new for once!"
Nacho flipped the channel, sick of PNN's boring news stories. He thought to himself that the Gyarados have already migrated, due to PNN's usually out-of-date stories. As he laughed at his own joke, he noticed that he had turned to the Orre Battle Channel, what he considered the only thing watch-able on TV these days. It depicted the regular battles at it's prestigious stadium. Nacho sat and watched in amazement as the two trainers stationed at either side of the stadium each threw out a softball sized sphere; a Pokeball. Upon hitting the ground, both Pokeballs burst and there was a flash of energy, and two creatures appeared in place of the spheres. One was a large orange dragon, standing on it's hind legs with a yellow belly and two small, clawed arms. It had a long neck, big wings, and a long tail with a flame burning on the end of it. A Charizard. The other was a Raichu, a goldenrod mouse-like creature with a black tail with a lightning bolt on the end. The yellow pouches on it's cheeks began to glow, and blue bolts shot out at the opposing Charizard. Charizard leapt into the air to evade, and released a long flame at the Raichu.
"Hee hee" laughed Nacho, the exciting battle filling him with glee. " Charizard's cool, but Raichu is the reigning champ," thought Nacho. "But then again, Charizard is a fire-type, which is my favorite. I don't know who to vote for!" Nacho stopped as he heard his mother calling. He paused the show (he had Tivo) and went downstairs.
"Hey, did you see the thing about the Red Gyarados?" said Nacho's mother, Tortilla. She was a surprisingly pretty woman for someone in her forties. She had short black hair with bangs that were parted in the center. She had blue eyes and a pink Pokeball pin on the right side of her hair. She wore a white long-sleeve turtleneck shirt with a pink skirt. She was also fit and energetic, unusual for a person who spent her time on the couch asking other people to do errands for her. "They said it was really rare to see a discolored Pokemon, and a Gyarados like that has never been seen before."
"Hey, what about that green Gyarados that guy Surfed here on one time?" nacho argued.
"That was just covered in seaweed" corrected Tortilla. "So anyway, I need you to go pick up some new bird food in Sandgem"
"Awww…why do you have to feed those stupid Starly? They're just gonna end up as food for Fiesta." Nacho whined. Almost on cue, Fiesta, the family Glameow walked in. It was a gray cat Pokemon with white tipped ears and a long, spiraling tail with a puff on the end. It was very vain, even by Glameow standards. It immediately began hissing at Nacho. Nacho did not like cats. He had preferred the Poochyena they imported from Hoenn. It died several years earlier of old age. Most Pokemon have very long life spans, by the way.
"Just do it. Oh yeah, and Cheese was looking for you. He went to Sandgem ahead of you and told me that if he beat you, you owed him one million Poke (the currency of Sinnoh; equivalent in value to the Japanese Yen)."
"Aw, jeez! He's gotta make a contest outta everything! Well, see ya later mom!" Nacho rushed out the door. As he stepped into the sunlight, his features lit up. You could now see his black vest on his white undershirt, his long many pocketed blue-jeans, red sneakers and red cap. He had bought it because it reminded him of Mario. He also wore a long red scarf. He ran out and looked around. It was a small town, only four houses, and grassy. There were trees scattered here and there, with the whole town surrounded by forest. Moisture was always in the air as Lake Verity was to the Northeast. Nacho was always eager to explore the lakefront, but his mom didn't let him too often. He couldn't do it while on an errand because his mom would become furious if he was late. Nacho went into the grass on the outskirts of town and carefully maneuvered so as to steer clear of any wild Pokemon. Fortunately, Sandgem was pretty close and not many Pokemon lived in between right now.
Nacho eventually made it there and got the goods. He went home, and he hadn't seen Cheese at all. The next day as he got out of bed, he heard a familiar hyper speed yapping down stairs only to find out that his childhood friend Cheese had just left. He went to Cheese's house to find out where he went. When he arrived, a boy rushed out of the house and smashed into him.
"SosorrygottagomeetNachoatlakeVerity" the boy said, and an almost incomprehensible speed. Incomprehensible, that is, if you hadn't known the speaker since he was born.
"Oh, Cheese!" exclaimed Nacho, relieved to manage to catch his ADHD afflicted friend. Cheese was a bit shorter than Nacho, and only a few months younger than him. He wore the same black vest-white undershirt combo as Nacho, albeit with green jeans, and an orange version of Nacho's scarf. This style was worn by most children of Sandgem and Twinleaf. Cheese had curly blond hair and green eyes, and was always in a hurry to do something. He was an even bigger fan of the Orre battle stadium broadcasts than Nacho, and had already reserved the Wii Pokemon battle simulator (which still probably wouldn't arrive until it had been on other store shelves for at least a year). The two best friends had had imaginary Pokemon battles since they were little and often dragged the family pets into their simulations. "So, why do you wanna go to Lake Verity?"
"Did ya here that thing about the Shiny Gyarados in Johto? Well I wanna make sure there isn't something like that in our lake! If there is, though, it could be my ticket out of this one-horse town!"
"Yes! Let's check it out! Maybe they'll give me a copy of Twilight Princess for discovering it!"
"Oh, grow up! Mario Galaxy is gonna be SO much better!"
"How is Mario more adult than Link?!"
"He's got a moustache!"
"Oh, let's just go!" Minutes later, the two arrived at the lake.
"Wow, it's so…normal" Nacho said, trying not to sound disappointed.
"Well, let's go take a look!" As Cheese said this, an old man and a young girl shoved them aside and walked to the shore. They put down a suitcase, looked around and took water samples, and then left. "Hey, that was Prof. Rowan!" exclaimed Cheese. "Oh, yeah, let's go look at the lake!"
"Who was that girl with him? She was pretty…hot…" blushed Nacho.
"Wha-eeeeewww! She wasn't hot! Now Misty of Kanto…SHE is hot!"
"But she's so…flat!"
"Oh, Nacho, it's not all about the breasts! It's about the SPIRIT!"
"THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT BREASTS!!" Nacho shouted. His exclamation scared a group of local Starly, who flew in and attacked the young boys.
"Holy Shinx! We're under attack!" Cheese yelled, fearful. His eye looked around for escape and landed upon the forgotten suitcase. He opened it.
"What are you doing?!" shouted the surprised Nacho.
"Saving our lives" said Cheese valiantly, tossing Nacho a Pokeball from the case. Cheese took one for himself.
Nacho and Cheese both threw down their spheres at the same time, wondering what awesome creature would come out. Nacho's hopes vanished when a small orange monkey emerged in the spot. It had a flame on it's tail so Nacho assumed it was a Fire-type. At least it was his favorite type, thought Nacho.
"Now, Flamethrower!" shouted Nacho. The monkey just stood there. "Uh, Ember?" tried Nacho. Nothing happened. "Splash, Struggle, Tackle, ANYTHING!" That one worked. The monkey sprang forth and tackled the Starly, causing it to faint. Apparently, Cheese had had the same results, because Nacho could hear his cries of victory.
"Ha-HA!" laughed Cheese and Nacho, simultaneously. They both withdrew their creatures before they could get a glimpse of the other's Pokemon. They put the orbs back in the case, and, after a rest, left the lakefront. While they walked, they heard the Prof. Rowan and the mysterious girl's voices.
"ARGH! How could you forget that briefcase? The Pokemon inside are incredibly rare!" fumed Prof. Rowan.
"I'm so sorry" said the assistant apologetically. He's been going on like this for 10 minutes, she thought.
"Uh, is this what you're looking for?" asked Cheese holding up the briefcase.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" shouted the assistant, snatching back the briefcase. "This is Prof. Rowan, and I'm his assistant, Casey. That's short for Quesadilla."
"Hang on, you didn't open it did you?" asked Prof. Rowan. Cheese explained the events that just occurred. Rowan sighed. "Well, you own them now that you battled with them. I guess you can keep them, but…"
"YES!!!!" shouted Cheese immediately sprinting home to get his things after snatching the Pokeball.
"Uh, I was going to say you could have them on the condition that you do me a favor, but I guess it's just you. Casey can do it for me instead."
"Huh? Me? Field work? But professor, I've only done lab work before and…"
"Oh, I know you practice with the Pokemon and have researched Sinnoh so much you can get around it with your eyes closed" Rowan said as they entered his lab in Sandgem. "So what I need you to do is take these and fill it up."
"A Pokedex? We have to fill up a Pokedex?" asked Nacho.
"Yes, and I'm expecting a visit from Prof. Oak in Kanto, and I don't want to look like the only major Pokemon reaearcher without a complete Pokedex record."
"Then, I'll go get my things." As Nacho was returning to Sandgem with his belongings, He noticed a figure waiting for him at the end of town. Who is this mysterious figure? Find out next Episode!
Well, that's it folks! The first chapter! Let me fill you in on some story plans:
First, it'll go over the main plot of Diamond and Pearl, with a few completely new stories in between. After getting to the top of Mt. Coronet, Nacho will continue into a new land on his journey to catch every type of Pokemon and battle in the Orre region. I know the cliff hanger here isn't hard to figure out, but it was long as it is and I had to end it here! So I hope you'll read my fanfic to the end! Oh, and review! I pay my bills with reviews! So if you don't review, I'll have to type on a typewriter in the dark!