Hi this is my first Fanfiction story, hope you like it.

"Despite the exploration team's best effort, however, the rare, oddly colored pokemon eluded detection. The rumored red Gyarados failed to appear, even fleetingly, to the crestfallen team….That concludes our special report 'search for the red Gyarados!' brought to you by Jubilife TV on nationwide net. See you next week' same time' same channel." the TV announced in Lucas' room.

"Huh, isn't this the only TV channel, oh well." Lucas said while he went started to go to the stairs. Lucas was a kid who wore blue jeans, a white short sleeve shirt with a black vest, a red scarf, and a red hat. Lucas stopped and finally read the poster near the stairs for the first time.

"The X button opens the menu!" Lucas read as he read the poster out loud. "wait, why did I put that in my room anyway?" When Lucas walked down the stairs his mom noticed him and walked toward him.

"Lucas, Barry came calling for you a little while ago. I don't now what it was about, but he said it was an emergency." said Lucas' mom, Joan as she went to TV.

"Wait, You said that Barry said 'it was an emergency' and you keep watching your reality shows?"

"But it's the So, You Think Tour Pokemon Can Dance finale!"

"Point taken." Lucas decided to go find Barry when his mom stopped him at the door.

"Oh, and Lucas! Don't go the tall grass. Wild pokemon might attack you. It would be ok if you had your own pokemon it would be ok but, you don't , so…" Lucas left because he wanted to se what Barry wanted and also because he knew his mother would go on for hours about when she was a trainer nobody could be her at anything(except the occasional veteran).

Lucas walked by a sign on the way to Barry's house Lucas read the sign in the middle of the town(give or take fifteen feet).

"Twinleaf town, fresh and free." Lucas read the sign out loud. An old man came up to the sign, read it, and sniffed it.

"IT DID SMELL FRESH! AND IT WAS FREE!" exclaimed the weird, old man that probably needed immediate care.

"Uh, nice to know." Lucas said slowly walking to Barry's house crept out by the old man. When the old man smelled the sign again Lucas ran to Barry's house and as he was about to open the door Barry ran out and smashed into Barry with a very loud THUD! Barry was Lucas' best friend and the same age. He wore a green scarf, jeans, orange and white stripped long-sleeve shirt, and he had blonde hair with orange eyes.

"What was that about?! Oh, hey, Lucas. Hey! I'm going to the lake! You come too! And be quick about it! Ok, Lucas! I'm fining you one-million poke(pokemon money for those who don't know) if you're late!" Barry started to run off but made a u-turn in a split-second. "Oh, jeez! Forgot something!' Barry explained as he ran back inside his house, so Lucas decided to follow him and went inside his house. Lucas went strait to Barry's room.

"….I'd better take my bag and journal, too." Barry said talking to himself. Then Barry noticed Lucas.

"Oh, hey, Lucas. We're going to the lake! I'll be waiting on the road. it's a ten-million poke fine if you're late!" Barry announced as he ran past Lucas.

"Wait! Would you stop running everywhere?! I don't even have running shoes yet! Oh ,well that guy wouldn't stop running if I paid him." Lucas said to himself. Lucas decided to go around Barry's house the long way to avoid the old man. Lucas went north to route 201. Lucas saw Barry waiting impatiently near the route 201 sign.

"Hey, you saw that news report that was on TV, right? You know, "search for the red gyarados! The mysterious appearance of a furious pokemon in a lake!" Barry started

"Well yeah, it's the only channel."

"Yeah, that show got me thinking. I bet our local lake has a pokemon like it in the lake, too!"

"Even though we don't have any pokemon and that a pokemon like red gyarados is very destructive…. Lets do it!" Before they walked into lake verity Barry stopped Lucas.

"All right! Lets do it! Lets catch us a red gyarados!" Barry said motivationally. When Lucas went inside the gap between the trees marking the entrance the to lake verity Lucas noticed two people facing the lake so they did not notice them yet. Even from the back of the strangers' head he could tell one of them was a man who seemed to not be getting younger at all because of his white hair. The other was a girl and the only reason he knew was because of her pink skirt, black tank top, and boots but, other then that, the strangers appearances Lucas couldn't tell.

"Professor," the girl started, "There isn't anything out of the ordinary on the other side, is there!" Lucas thought that they were either talking about aliens, Bigfoot, or maybe even Bigfoot alien hybrids, but, Lucas wanted to hear more.

"Hmm… I may have been mistaken…" the older man started. "something appears to be different then before, but… Fine. It's enough that we have seen the lake. Dawn, we're leaving. The one who seemed to be Dawn started to speak.

"Professor, how are you enjoying your time back in Sinnoh? After being away for four years, it must be exiting again?"

"…Hmm. There is only one thing I can say. There are many rare kinds of pokemon in Sinnoh. The region should serve us very well in regard of our studies." The professor and the girl started walking towards them. "Excuse me. Let us pass please." The professor asked Lucas and Barry as they moved out of the way.

"What was that about? Those two… Hey Lucas! Let's go check this out!" Barry said as they walked toward something left behind. "It's… a briefcase? Those people forget it here. What are we supposed to do with it? We can try do deliver it, but who are they? I heard them say professor…" Just then wild Starly rushed at Lucas and Barry top attack them. "Ahh! These pokemon are attacking us!" Just then the briefcase opened up and inside were three pokeballs. "look!" Barry exclaimed "These are pokeballs! Let's battle using these!"

"Let me pick first, Hmm., I pick… the middle one." Lucas picked up the middle pokeball and threw it letting a pokemon out.