Many people out there have written stories of Pokémon Colosseum before. It's been about 15 years since the game came out and it is my favorite Pokémon game. It does not get much attention anymore so I wanted to do a fanfic based on the game as well.

This is my first Pokemon fanfic so it's not exactly...that good. I doubt anyone's going to read this, but oh well, I'll give it a go anyway.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the characters here.

Prologue: Starting Today, I am a Pokemon Trainer

Dragon Spiral Tower (Top Floor) - Pokemon Black and White

In the desert region known as Orre, there was a secret base hidden in a canyon. That base was home to Team Snagem, an evil organization that went around the region stealing Pokemon from their trainers. They did this by using snag machines which were originally big orange boxes with arms that shot out Poke balls, turning them into snag balls in the process in order to snag Pokemon. One day, something would happen that would change everything.

Inside the hideout, a teen aged boy was standing in the office of the Snagem leader, Gozap. The boy and a few other Snagem members had came back from a failed mission of snagging a Pokemon. Of course this wasn't the first time the boy had failed a mission. Normally Gonzap would be mildly annoyed whenever the boy came back not having completed the task he was assigned to. This time however, he was furious.

"DARN IT!" Gonzap yelled angrily as he slammed his fist on the desk. "So you just let her go, you fool! You're a snagger, and snaggers SNAG Pokemon, they do NOT let them escape!"

"I'm sorry sir, I just couldn't do it." The boy replied.

"You've had the kid right where you wanted her; you could have easily snagged that Teddiursa!" Gonzap continued. "But instead you just let them get away!"

"But she's just an innocent child." The boy said. "She looked so scared I…I just couldn't bring myself to take her Pokemon away."

"No excuses, Wes!" Gonzap shouted. "I'm going to have to ask you to hand in your snag machine."

Wes didn't say another word, he simply took the snag machine, the portable version, off his arm and put it on Gonzap's desk.

"Now if you screw this up again then you're going to have to hand in your Pokemon as well." Gonzap said.

"Ahhh" Wes gasped. "No...not my Pokemon, anything but that."

"Then you better start training them quick." Gonzap commanded. "I've heard that your Pokemon have been getting more and more soft on the battlefield. If you don't toughen them up soon then they'll have to be taken away to have their hearts closed off."

(Hearts closed off, what does that mean?) Wes thought. Out loud however, he sadly said "Yes...sir," and he slowly walked out of the room.

17-year old Wes had been working for Team Snagem for as long as he could remember. He was the cool-looking guy with an awesome blue trench coat, silver goggles, a white stripe that went across his face, and he had silver hair.

Wes walked down the hallway to his room. He felt angry and scared at the same time because if he didn't train his Pokemon then they would be taken away from him by his boss and he did not want that. Some Snagem members standing in the hallway saw him walk by.

"Man the boss really let you have it this time huh?" One of the members chuckled.

"Ooooo the snagger doesn't have the snag machine anymore." Another member said.

Wes's anger began to build up as the other Snagem members said more mean things to him, from "Look, a Snagem member who can't even snag a child's Pokemon," to "If he loses his Pokemon he'll be left with nothing." Some of the members even laughed and pointed at him too.

Finally Wes turned around and screamed at them "SHUT UP ALL OF YOU! LEAVE ME ALONE!" He then stormed off. The Snagem members were in total silence but then went back to their business after a few minutes.

Lavender Town - Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green

Wes was now in his room looking out the window at the desert. It was almost night time as the sun started to go down. He thought about the years he worked for Team Snagem. Wes had battled other Pokemon Trainers before but it was only to snag their Pokemon and during the first few missions he enjoyed it. After that however, he started to feel bad for all the Pokemon Trainers and all the Pokemon that were being captured and he became more uncertain about his job. Even his own Pokemon would hesitate to attack whenever they were sent out into battle.

Wes sat down on his bed, grabbed two poke balls from his belt, and summoned his Pokemon Espeon and Umbreon. Espeon was the pretty purple cat-like Sun Pokemon with a small shiny red gem on his head and it was a Psychic type. Umbreon was the black Moonlight Pokemon with glowing yellow rings on his body and it was a Dark type.

"Listen, my boss says that I have to train you guys so you can get stronger. He's threatened to take you away if I don't." Wes told them.

Espeon and Umbreon let out fearful cries. Wes could see that they were scared, he knew that his pokemon didn't want to be separated from their trainer either.

"Don't worry guys" Wes said with a smile. "I'm not gonna let my boss take you away from me. I promise you that everything will be okay."

The two Pokemon jumped on his bed beside him and Wes petted them both. Espeon and Umbreon were Wes's old friends. He had been taking good care of them since his childhood and they've been there for him when he needed them the most. If anything bad were to happen to these Pokemon, he would be devastated.

About an hour later Wes was walking down the hall to the training room. As he was doing so he kept thinking to himself (Is this really the right job for me...and what did Gonzap mean when he said my pokemon would be taken to have their hearts closed off?) As he passed by Gonzap's room something made him stop. He saw that Gonzap's door was just slightly open and he heard voices coming from that room. Curiously, Wes peeked in the doorway and he saw that Gonzap was speaking to a mysterious person on a screen monitor. He couldn't tell who that person was though, as the person's silhouette on the monitor was black.

Villains of a sort - Kingdom Hearts

"The Pokemon that we've caught are set sir." Gonzap said. "Aipom, Ledian, Vibrava, Miltank, and the Sunflora. They are all in their cages and they'll be sent to the laboratory shortly."

"Excellent" The mysterious man said. "What about the Teddiursa I asked for?"

"Unfortunately one of my men was unable to capture the Teddiursa. He instead took pity on it and let it go." Gonzap explained.

"No matter." The mysterious men replied calmly. "It's all going according to plan. With these Pokemon the Cipher organization will soon have control over the Orre region."

"You've mentioned that these Pokemon are needed for the Shadow Pokemon project, am I right?" Gonzap asked.

"Yes you are correct." The man replied. "These weak, pathetic Pokemon will be converted into strong, powerful Shadow Pokemon. They'll become shrouded in dark aura that no one will be able to see, and their hearts will be artificially closed. They will lose all their emotions and become the perfect fighting machines."

Wes could not believe what he was hearing.

The mysterious man continued, "The Shadow Pokemon will have immense power that they will not only attack other Pokemon but they'll also attack other trainers too. Oh yes, I'm sure many people would love to see a Pokemon battle like that!"

"It is going to take some time until the construction of Realgam Tower is complete though. It won't be ready for another nine weeks." Gonzap said.

"Yes I am aware of this." The man responded. "Until then we will continue sending the Shadow Pokemon to the trainers who win the battles at the Pyrite Colosseum."

(Shadow Pokemon...) Wes thought. (So that's what happens to pokemon that have their hearts closed off. Was the same thing going to happen to Espeon and Umbreon if I didn't listen to Gonzap? This is wrong, this is all wrong.)

Wes grabbed his head and quickly ran down the hall all the way back to his room. The minute he got there he slammed the door shut. The conversation that Wes heard had shocked him greatly. Up until now he had no idea that Team Snagem was working for Cipher. They were stealing pokemon and sending them to a far away lab where they were turned into Shadow Pokemon and their hearts were closed off. Wes could not let this happen.

Sanctuary - Paper Mario

"That's it I'm done, I've had it with this team!" Wes declared. "If they think they're going to use Pokemon for evil purposes like this then they are so wrong. I won't let them do this."

Wes stood in front of the window looking out at the stars that had just come out in the night sky. Placing his hand on his chest, he declared this.

"Enough is enough; starting today I am no longer a member of Team Snagem. I am a Pokemon Trainer, a REAL one!"

Wes took out his poke balls and summoned Espeon and Umbreon once more.

"Alright guys listen up, it's time to say goodbye to this place," he told them.

His Umbreon asked "Umbre...?"

Wes continued, "It turns out that Team Snagem is working for an evil organization called 'Cipher' and the Pokemon we've been snagging are being turned into Shadow Pokemon. I don't know who's behind it all but we've gotta stop it before it's too late."

Espeon and Umbreon looked surprised; they glanced at each other and then back at Wes.

"Don't worry, I've got a plan..."

...

Big Top Bop - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

The next morning in the hideout, the Snagem members were going about their business until...

KA-BOOM there was an explosion coming from the bottom floor of the hideout.

"What was that?!" One of the members asked.

Inside the demolished room were Wes (with his silver visors on) and Umbreon. It turns out that Wes had just used a bomb to blow up the wall from outside so he and Umbreon could get inside. Wes scanned the area and found the portable snag machine mounted on the metal mannequin.

"There it is Umbreon." He said as he went over and took the machine. He grinned and thought to himself, (It's mine now.)

He then went on to plant another bomb on one of the older snag machine models. One of the Snagem members saw this and said "Hey, Wes has got the snag machine let's get him!"

Wes and Umbreon ran outside as Gonzap and so many other members ran out after him. The two headed for Wes's vehicle, which was an awesome motorcycle that consisted of a big massive engine at the front, a single wheel in the back and a sidecar with Espeon in it who was there waiting for them. Wes and Umbreon jumped on and they all made their escape from the hideout. As they did Wes took out a small remote and pressed the button. The rest of the Snagem hideout then exploded. Gonzap and the Snagem members were outside, and all they could do now was watch as Wes and his Pokemon rode out of the canyon and off into the desert.

Gonzap gritted his teeth and angrily muttered "Wes...I will find you, and you will pay for this."

This is where our story begins.

EDIT: Alright so as you can see I've given my prologue a bit of an update as it is no longer split in two parts. The more I looked back on it, it was a really stupid idea of me to do a two-part prologue. "Part 1" wasn't even that good anyway. Now I'm aware that some Pokemon Colosseum fanfics have retold the beginning events of the game so if this chapter has you hooked and you want to get right into the most interesting parts I think you should just skip ahead to Chapter 7. Seriously, DO NOT READ THE OTHER CHAPTERS UNLESS YOU WANNA SEE HOW HORRIBLE I WAS AT WRITING.