Chapter 1

8:30 P.M.- Sandgem Town Pokemon Center

"It's late..." A small girl store into the closed structure. " I should have been here sooner..." The pokemon center closed a half-hour ago, leaving her outside and watch other trainers and their pokemon sleep. She decided to sleep in a nearby bush and treat her pokemon in the morning.

"Ow!" She had sat down on something sharp. "Wha?" She picked up the object in her hand. It was a large red jewel,and she could barely hold it in the palm of her hand. She wasn't quite sure what it was and quickly put in her sack.

"Forget this..." She moaned. "I'll just go home for the night. Twinleaf is only a few minutes walk."

The girl trudged though the tall grass, not scared of any wild pokemon that would pop out. A Starly popped up, wanting at fight. She pushed it aside, too tired to finish it off. No other pokemon attacked, not wanting to share the same fate as that Starly.

"Mom! I'm home! Need a place to stay for the night!" The girl exclaimed as she knocked on the door. The girl's mother quickly ripped the door open and grabbed her daughter.

"Sweetie!" She squeezed harder." I'm so proud of you,VV, for doing so well on your quest to win the Sinnoh league!"

"Mom!" VV choked out. "You're hurting me!" Her mother quickly released her.

"I haven't seen you in a while! I'm so happy you stopped by!"

"Yeah,yeah,Mom! Happy to see you too!" VV then got and erge to do something else. "Mom,I'm gonna go off to Lake Verity for a while! Don't worry 'bout me!"

"Ok,Sweetie! Be careful!"

"Don't worry youself! I will!"

VV sprinted out the door to the nearby lake. Lake Verity, home of the ledgendary pokemon Mesprit, was the pride and joy of Twinleaf Town. VV sat down near the water's edge and sighed at the breath-taking spectale of moonlight refracting againist its surface. She heard a soft purring sound.

"Hel-" VV was too shocked to say anything more. It was Mespirt and it appeared to be protecting something. "What's that?"

Mesprit, trusting VV for saving it, revealed the object it was protecting. It was blue and tan, and it surprised VV when it started moving. The creature had scratches covering its whole body and it seemed to be in extreme pain. She was smart enough to assume it wasn't a pokemon,but someone much more important. Mesprit quickly flew away in fear.

"James, you idiot! Mespirt escaped!" A female voice screeched.

"Team Rocket!" VV's pupils shrunk as she recognized the R's on their shirts. She had dealt with them when she lived in the Kanto region. They were a despicable band of theieves who tried to steal the pokemon of others.

"That's right! Now hand over Shaymin, you twerp!"

"Shaymin? This isn't Shaymin! Even if it was, it wouldn't give him to you!" VV retorted. Shaymin was a legend few had even seen. VV had heard about the grass type and could easily tell this creature wasn't it. "Wake up..." She whispered to it.

It groaned softly as the Team Rocket members called out their pokemon, with the exception of their talking Meowth. VV quickly hoisted the creature on her shoulder as she called out her own pokemon.

"Go Pepi and Patch!" VV quickly called opon her Empoleon and Pachrisu to take out the Seviper and Cacnea.

"Pepi! Use Drill Peck on Cacnea! Patch! Get rid of Seviper with Thunderbolt!"

Pepi quickly knocked out Cacnea with his super-effective attack, and Patch's Thunderbolt quickly sent the villains packing.

"Look's like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"

"Losers!" VV shook her fist at their departure as she recalled her pokemon back into their balls.

With that said, she ran back home to find her mother asleep on the couch awaiting her return. She quickly placed the injured creature on her bed, leaving his gloved hand on top of the covers. She slept on the floor.

"It'll all be better soon..." She whispered to the blue creature. "Trust me..."