The Characters:

Aria Giovanni – The 17 year old daughter of the leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni, she is the former Champion of the Indigo League. She is now the Gym Leader of the Viridian City Gym. She's best friends with Morty of the Ecruteak Gym since they had been traveling partners when they were younger. She is also good friends with Ash Ketchum and his former or still traveling companions Brock, Misty, May, and Max. She wears a necklace which has an empty pokeball at the end of it. It was the Pokeball that held her first Pokemon, Arcanine, before it died.

Note: I know that Silver from the Games is Giovanni's son, so that would make Aria his sister. Silver won't make an appearance in the story but the fact that she has a brother will be mentioned.

Ivy Loretta – A 10 year old girl from Cerulean City just starting out on her Pokemon journey. Like most young Pokemon trainers she is determined to become a Pokemon master. She's a naïve trainer and doesn't know much about type advantages/disadvantages and knows very little about battling, but is determined to learn. She leaves her hometown on the day of her 10th birthday to get to Pallet Town to receive her first Pokemon.

Jay – A 10 year old boy from Pallet Town, his goal is to become a Pokemon Researcher similar to his parents. When battling he stays strictly to what the books he's read have told him and believes it is impossible that a Pokemon with a type disadvantage in a battle can ever win it.

Alex - A 10 year old boy and Ivy's future rival. He's an arrogant boy and believes that it's impossible for Ivy to ever beat him. Despite being much more skilled than Ivy in Pokemon batting, though, he is the one person Ivy is determined to beat.

Amy Loretta - Ivy's mother and a former Elite Four member. She specializes in water-type Pokemon which is why she came to Cerulean City after leaving the Elite Four. She is now a retired trainer and spends her time with her Vaporeon (which had been her first Pokemon when she had gotten it as an Eevee) and with Misty at the Cerulean City Gym as her daughter travels Kanto.

Misty - The Cerulean City Gym Leader and former traveling partner of Ash Ketchum. She is good friends with Ivy and her mother ever since Ivy signed on to help her with chores around the gym before leaving for her journey.

Morty - The Ecruteak City Gym Leader and former traveling partner of Aria Giovanni. He has come to Kanto to visit Aria and her new gym.

Professor Samuel Oak - A famous Pokemon Professor currently living in Pallet Town. He gives new trainers the three Kanto starter Pokemon and aides them in their journeys.

Tracey Sketchit - Professor Oak's assistant and former traveling companion of Ash Ketchum.

Noah - A 14 year old trainer who has become the newest Gym Trainer in the Viridian City Gym. He's a quiet and nervous boy who isn't sure what he wants to become later in life. He is training in the Viridian Gym under hopes that he will figure out his passion and become a better trainer.

Team Rocket Agents Melony and Gavin - Melony and Gavin were originally two top agents for Team Rocket, mostly monitoring the Kanto region. They're in the early 20's and joined Team Rocket when they were in their mid-teen's. Recently, though, they screwed up an important mission and have been desperate to redeem themselves from it. Because of this, they've mostly been on small missions, trying to get Pokemon (any kind that might seem of minor significance) for Giovanni so that they can gain his trust again. Of the two, Melony is the leader. She is lazy, bitter, and can be occasionally careless with things unless it is dealing with an important mission. Gavin, on the other hand, mostly follows Melony's command and is rather ignorant and mocking. He's much more hardworking than Melony is which comes in handy when something has to be done and Melony doesn't want to do it.

More to be added later!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the Pokemon characters from the anime/games.

Chapter 1: A New Beginning

Aria

Aria Giovanni made her way reluctantly through Viridian Forest. Her footsteps dragged on the ground causing dead leaves to scatter around her. She sighed, stopping in her tracks and looking up at the bright blue sky. It was incredible how much she didn't want to go back.

Aria had been born and raised in Viridian City, but unlike most people she did not find comfort at being home. To her, she didn't really have a home, not yet at least. When her father had been the Gym Leader of the Viridian City Gym, she had been kept there under his hold because she refused to see things his way. He used Pokemon as tools and hunted for the most valuable ones. When she was 13 years old, she ran away and started on her Pokemon journey with her Growlithe (who had later evolved into an Arcanine) at her side.

But that was a long time ago, and not only that, but Arcanine was dead now, and she was the new leader of the Viridian City Gym. Unfortunately.

She would much rather be in Sinnoh right now like Ash was, discovering new places and Pokemon, even earning badges again, but she had been called back to Kanto to take the position as a Gym Leader. She could've refused, she knew that, but she also knew that this was her duty. Perhaps she would stick around the gym for a few years and after that continue on her journeys again. Then, maybe, she would challenge the Pokemon League again, and regain her title as Champion.

But all of this didn't matter now. What mattered now was getting to Viridian City on time and getting to her new gym. And as she walked she could see the end of the forest come as she saw the buildings rise up on the horizon. After a long trek back from the Hoenn Region, she was finally back.

"Niine?"

She looked down and saw her Ninetails coming up beside her. She smiled and patted her head lightly before looking back at the city as she said, "Well, Ninetails, we're home."

Ninetails made a quiet noise as if the word "home" offended her. But then she went on ahead towards the city and Aria quickly followed suit.

It's changed a lot since I've been here. She noted silently as they walked through the city. There were more stores, more trainers, more everything. Then again, she hadn't been back to Viridian City in quite a long time. She touched the Pokeball hanging from her neck lightly before continuing on.

She saw Ninetails stop up ahead in front of a building she was assuming to be the gym. It had thankfully been rebuilt after it had been destroyed a while ago. There apparently had been a previous gym leader to take over after her father had left the gym, but they didn't last long she heard. Wanted bigger, better things.

I don't blame them. I don't want to be stuck here either.

She stopped right next to Ninetails and examined the building. She sighed, taking in the memories of her times stuck in the Viridian City Gym. But at least the older building had been destroyed, so there was less to haunt her about her childhood.

Ninetails then headbutted her leg lightly, as if trying to move her towards the door. She knew she had to go in, but she didn't want to. But after another shove from Ninetails, she finally went up the steps and towards the door.

"Well, Ninetails," She said with her door on the handle, "Here we go."