Kate looked through the window of her house in Chicole Village. She sighed.

"I will be fourteen tomorrow! Maybe my mother will finally let me join the Ranger School; I am old enough." Kate grinned. She turned towards her pet kecleon.

"Pascal, what do you think?" The kecleon merely stared up at her.

"I'm ho-ome!" Kate jumped at the sound of her mother's voice. She leaped down the stairs.

"Mother!"

"Kate!" The tall woman with pink hair hugged her daughter. "So, whose birthday is tomorrow?"

"Me! Mother, do you know how old I am going to be?" Her mother turned over to the table where her brush lay.

"Sweetie, mommy is a bit worn out. Can you brush my hair?" Kate sighed as she took the brush from her mother and brushed her mother's pink hair.

"Flower gleam and glow,
Let your power shine,
Make the clock reverse,
Bring back what once was mine,
Heal what has been hurt,
Change the fate's design,
Save what has been lost,
Bring back what once was mine,
What once was mine."

Kate lay down the brush when she had finished singing. Her mother's hair glowed a bright pink then fell by her side again.

"So, mother, as I was saying, tomorrow I turn fourteen-"

"Fourteen? It seems like you were born yesterday!" her mother interrupted.

"Yes, well anyways, I am going to be old enough to join the Ranger school, and-" again she was interrupted.

"No. I don't like where this is headed. Kate, we have discussed this! You are not going to join the Ranger school. It is far too dangerous for a girl like you!"

"But mother,"

"No buts. You are not joining the Ranger school. Now don't let me hear you speak such nonsense. End of this discussion." There was a knock at the door. Kate opened it.

"Mr. Kincaid? What brings you here?"

"I don't have much time. Lavana, we need to talk." Mr. Kincaid's speech was brief. Lavana followed him outside. Kate waited patiently for some time before Lavana opened the door. She popped her head in.

"Kate, I need to leave for some time. I will be back in a week. You will need to stay home while I am gone. Be a good girl and stay in your room! I will be back before you even notice I'm gone."

"So, why did we steal this Yellow Gem?" Keith ran with Ice and Heath closely following. The top rangers of Almia, Sven and Wendy, ran not far behind.

"Worry about it later. For now, RUN!" Ice yelled back. The trio ran into the Vien Forest. Sven and Wendy got closer. Keith grabbed the branch of the nearest tree and climbed up.

"What you think you are doing?" Heath yelled from below.

"I'm out of breath. Hurry up!" Ice and Heath tried to pull themselves up the branched, but the slim ones they grasped cracked and the two fell down. They were grabbed by the top rangers and hauled onto the flying Pokémon, starraptor. Wendy and Sven flew away with Ice and Heath, but Keith remained hidden in the tree. When the top rangers were out of sight, Keith crawled out. As to not be seen, Keith kept low in search of a place to hide. He made his way into Vientown, but all buildings appeared full and lively. Keith walked until he crashed into a girl who was walking.

"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry! Are you okay?" The girl got up and helped Keith up. Keith stared at her. Her outfit looked familiar; similar to the one Wendy was wearing.

"Wait, you are a… A RANGER!" Keith ran from the girl as fast as he could. He headed into a nearby village. Without thinking, Keith burst into one of the houses.

Kate sat down quietly in her room. She had hardly any chance of becoming a ranger now. After all, if she registered, her mother would be sure to find out. And then what could she do? She would have no one to turn to.

"Ah! Finally, some peace and quiet from the rangers!"

Kate jumped. What was that? Her mother was not home, so who made the noise? Kate sneaked down the steps.

"Pascal, use Psybeam!" The stranger turned around to be hit in the head with the psychic-type move. He fell to the ground, and the Yellow gem rolled out of his grasp. Kate took the gem and stared at it with curiosity. What was this gem, and why did this boy whom she had never met have it? Kate hid the gem in a closet. She then tied the boy to a chair and waited for him to wake up. When he did, he panicked.

"Wha- hey?! Why am I tied up?!"