Chapter 1

Author's Notes: I got this idea from another guy who decided to do a Pokémon\Harvest Moon fan fiction. Not many people are doing those so I decided to do my own to add to the collection. Well here it is.

In a room on a ferry…

Rena Patterson was laying down on her bed, seasick. Her younger sister, Lola, was reading a Sinnoh Now! Magazine. The two Patterson girls were headed to a small town called Forget Me Not Valley. Neither of them wanted to go there, because they were moving from the exciting city of Hearthome to some boring farm town. But, they had no choice.

'Flashback' Two Days Earlier

Lily Patterson was usually a nice mother, always getting her kids what they wanted and loved baking. But, ever since she had divorced her husband a month ago, she hadn't really listened to the kids' protests on moving. Since the divorce was final, and Greg Patterson had been the one with a job, Lily decided to move out of Hearthome city and to Forget Me Not Valley where she grew up. Of course, her children were not reasonable.

"But, why?" Rena had asked constantly, even though she already knew the answer. Marina Gail Patterson was twelve with long, wavy blondish brown hair that she usually had tied in a ponytail, and dark green eyes. She should've left on her journey two years ago, but her comfortable life in Hearthome made her stay. Everyone called her Rena.

"We've been over this before, Marina."Lily answered, impatiently. "Please stop whining and go finish packing." Rena stalked up the stairs, angrily.

"But, Mom! They don't have malls in Forget Me Not valley!"Lola cried. Annabelle Lola Patterson was nine with chin length auburn hair that kind of flipped up, and sea blue eyes. No one called her Annabelle, or even Annie. They called her by her middle name, Lola.

Lily rolled her eyes. "There will be plenty of other things to do. Now, go get your stuff from upstairs. The movers will be here tomorrow." Her eyes turned to her son, who sat, reading, on a cardboard box, the only type of furniture in the now empty living room.

Oliver Dylan Patterson had just turned eleven. He was the one who rarely argued. He had auburn hair and dark green eyes. He looked up from his book. "So, is Dad keeping the house?"

Lily nodded. Out of all three of her kids, Oliver was the most mature, despite being the middle child.

"Okay."Oliver shut his book and headed up stairs to his bedroom to get the rest of his books and model airplanes.

Lily sighed and plopped down, exhausted, on to the cardboard box, a now infamous seat.

End Flashback

Rena sat up and shot out of the room so fast, she could've outran an Arcanine. The sounds of her "fertilizing" one of the toilets in one of the ship's bathrooms could be heard from her and Lola's shared room. Several minutes later, Rena reentered the room, her face looking relieved but still, a little pale.

Shortly, after a few more hours, the ship arrived at its destination. All of the passengers piled off, Lola and Rena being the last ones out. The dock was soon almost empty, but became filled up once more as a moving van pulled up and two dozen movers and their Machoke got out and started carrying the Patterson's' various boxes and furniture.

As soon as the moving van was filled up, it drove off.

Lola looked confused. "Did they just jack our stuff?"

Lily laughed for the first time in two weeks. "Of course not, honey. My brother, Ethan is coming to pick us up while the movers get the heavy stuff in place."

Sure enough, a beat up Chevy pulled up by the dock's entrance. "Lily!" The driver called, waving.

Lily ran over to the car, followed hesitantly by her kids. Lola looked around the place. Wasn't much, but the scenery was nice, she thought, maybe I will like it here. Rena was thinking about her stomach, and Oliver was thinking about this Uncle Ethan who they never met.

Lily opened up the passenger's door and climbed in. "Hey Ethan. I haven't seen you in years."

"Hey, sis, I know, it's true. Are your kids afraid of cars or something?" He asked. Ethan had brown hair, a brown beard, and sea blue eyes like Lily and Lola.

Lily turned to her kids through the window. "Get on in kids."

Lola was the first to get in, partly because she was excited and because she was the youngest. She was followed by Oliver and then Rena. They greeted their uncle and introduced themselves. Lola was the only one who sounded cheerful. As the car rolled down the dirt road, the kids bumped up and down, even with their seat belts on.

It lumbered up a hill, slowly. Finally, after ten minutes, an entire valley with houses, rivers, stores, and more emerged. It wasn't large like Hearthome city; it was more like Twinleaf town. But it wasn't exactly a town either. The truck's engine suddenly cut off as they passed a few shops.

"Shoot." Ethan mumbled. "I checked the motor before I left."He got out the car and motioned for the others to do the same. Lucky for them that the auto shop was right there, but it would take more than an hour for the motor to be fixed.

Lily looked at her kids. "Well, I think you guys should go look around the valley, find some friends or Pokémon." She smiled.

Ethan overheard this. "Yes. You guys can head up to the farmhouse without us. My wife, Gilda will be expecting us."

"How do we get there?"Rena asked weakly.

"Just up the hill, through the field, and down the lane with a sign that says Acres Farm."

"Okay!"Lola hurried off, tugging her older brother and sister with her.

They started off marching and whistling random tunes from songs. Soon they came to a wide field where a dozen of people were playing or planting vegetables.

"I guess this is the whole town."Oliver joked.

As they were about to exit the field, they spotted a battle going on between a girl and a boy. They hurried over to watch one of their first battles in person. The girl looked about Lola's age with long purple hair pulled back in two pigtails (like the Gym leader Candice) and emerald green eyes. The boy was about eight years old with tawny hair and hazel eyes. It was a Pokémon battle between a Minun and a Totodile.

"Merlin, use ThunderShock!"The girl cried.

"Stop the attack with Water Gun, Toddie!"The boy called.

The Water Gun and Thunder Shock charged at each other, and the Thunder Shock over powered the Water Gun, knocking the Totodile down.

"Now, use Iron Tail!"The girl called.

"Toddy, speed up and use Fury Swipes!"

As the two blue Pokémon fought, the girl got out a small laptop and started scanning the battle.

"Hey! No fair, Ginny! You can't use your computer to find weaknesses on my first battle."The boy cried.

Ginny grinned. "Too bad, Jerry. Besides, you said that this was your tenth battle. Use Thunder Shock on his stomach, Merlin!"

"Minun! "Merlin knocked Toddie out.

"Toddie, return."Jerry returned his tired Pokémon to his pokeball. "Good job."

"Brain goes over brawn, Jerry."Ginny said, waving a finger.

"I'll beat you next time, with a new Pokémon."Jerry ran off, back towards town.

Merlin the Minun hopped onto Ginny's shoulder as she turned to face the Patterson kids.

"You're new around here."She said. "I'm Ginny Hart, and I've lived here since I was two. And you are?"

"I'm Lola." Lola said. "That's my sister Rena, and my brother Oliver. We're the Pattersons."

"Oh, yeah, my grandmother was talking about you guys moving back to the valley. Your mother grew up here or something."

Rena nodded. "That's right. We're trying to find Acres Farm."

"Alright, come with me."Ginny led them out of the field and as they ventured down the hill, they spotted the farm area (looks like the player's farm in the Harvest Moon game).

Gilda, a tall, somewhat chubby woman rushed over to them. "Your mother called me on the payphone saying that you'd be coming shortly."

"Hi, you must be Aunt Gilda."Lola said, cheerfully.

Gilda nodded. "I am. Come on, I'll show you the house. We're having clam chowder for dinner. Do you want to join us, Ginny?"

Ginny shook her head. "Thank you for the offer, but I've got to get home. My sister's making her lasagna tonight. And Gram needs me home before seven."

"Okay, maybe next time."

Ginny turned to Lola. "Come by my house tomorrow and I'll give you guys a tour of the valley. Don't forget to bring your Pokémon."

Lola grinned. "Okay, but we don't have Pokémon, yet."

"I'll help you guys catch one tomorrow then. See you tomorrow." Ginny hurried up the hill with her Minun.

The children followed Gilda in to the house where they would be staying with Ethan, Gilda, and their family. In their living room, which was smaller their own in Hearthome, their seven year old daughter, Hannah, was playing with her Jigglypuff. It seemed like everyone had at least one Pokémon in town.

"Alright, the movers got your beds and stuff upstairs." Gilda explain. "Oliver, you'll be sleeping in our son, Jack's room. He's about your age. Marina and Annabelle, you'll be sharing a room. I hope that's okay?"

Lola nodded. "Of course. And call me Lola."

Gilda nodded. "Well, go ahead and go check out your rooms. Make sure that everything's there and all. Or you can go explore the farm." She smiled, liking her nieces and nephew already.

"I'll go explore!"Lola cried. She hurried out of the house excited about her new surroundings.

The farm was pretty big, with a barn full of Miltank, Ponyta, Rapidash, and Girafarig. Another barn contained a lot of Flaaffy and Mareep, and there was pond filled with Farfetch'd that tried to attack those who came near it. There were areas filled with fresh vegetables and berries, and there were various apple and orange trees.

As Lola walked around the farm, Ethan and Lily arrived in the truck, looking tired. Lola ran over to greet them. She noticed that her mother was carrying some pokeballs, even though her mother's only Pokémon were her Delcatty and Staravia.

"Hey, honey."Lily greeted, handing her youngest daughter a pokeball. "This one's for you."

Lola took the pokeball, ecstatic. "There's a Pokémon inside?"

Lily nodded. "Wait till we get inside to let her out. She's one who I think will suit you."

"Come on everyone."Ethan stated, walking towards the house. "I'm starving."

Inside, Oliver and Rena received their pokeballs from Lily. All three of them let out their Pokémon at the same time. Oliver let out an Abra, Lola let out a Vulpix, and Rena let out an egg? It was an egg that was decorated with black and yellow spikes.

"On the way up, we decided to stop by the Hart's house."Ethan explained.

"Ginny's house?"Lola asked.

Ethan nodded. "Yes. Ginnifer Hart and her older sister Lena live with their grandmother. Lena is a Pokémon breeder, and she gave us these Pokémon as a gift to you guys."

"I love her!"Lola exclaimed, hugging her Vulpix. "I'm going to name you, Madge! You look like a Madge."

Oliver looked really excited about his Abra. "I'm going to name you Thierry."

Lily smiled at her kids, so happy to now have Pokémon.

"We have some Torkoal who will help make your egg hatch, Rena."Gilda explained. "Come on, and I'll show you."

After getting everyone situated, and after dinner, they all headed up to bed, exhausted. Rena fell asleep before her head hit the pillow. Oliver, listening to his cousin Jack's snoring, finally fell asleep after about fifteen minutes. Lola, after snuggling up in bed with Madge, spent an hour telling Madge their plans for the next day. She fell asleep knowing that she had made two new friends, and that life in Forget Me Not Valley wouldn't be so bad.