"Honey. Honey, wake up."

A familiar voice and an insistent poking in my ribcage pulled me from my groggy sleep. I peered blearily at my mother, who had woken me.

"What d'you want?" I mumbled, still somewhat dazed. I remembered where I was as I looked around the rather dark interior of the airplane and the other sleeping passengers. The seats were not comfortable, as I had a knot in my neck. I glanced at my watch and saw that it was 4:37 in the morning.

"Look, Bree, we've almost arrived in Kalos. Check out the view!" mom whispered and indicated the window.

I looked out the small window next to her. I could see the outline and lights of Lumiose city penetrating the velvety night sky. The city was by far the biggest city I had ever seen. I had to admit, the sight was definitely beautiful. I was only used to my small hometown of Kanako back in Unova.

We were moving to Kalos because of my mother. She is a famous Ryhorn racer, and most of the bigger races were located in Kalos. It was getting tedious for her to be traveling so far so often, so she made the decision to move to Kalos after 18 years of living in Kanako.

Most 18 year old girls would have been extremely upset about such a thing. The strange thing is, I'm not. Truly, the only part of the endeavor was leaving my cozy, familiar hometown. I'm not the biggest fan of change. But quite honestly, I was happy about moving. Mostly.

And it's not like I had any friends that I had to leave either. Friends are something that everyone else has always had, except for me. I'm, well, not what you'd call "anti-social", but maybe "solitary". I've always preferred the company of my own thoughts to other human beings. That or I've just never met anyone who I've wanted to spend time with. If I was going to be friends with someone, I wanted it to be someone intelligent and kind. I've always been quite different from other, normal people. Maybe on a different page, so to speak. But I don't mind much.

"So? What d'you think, eh?" mom's eager whisper interrupted my musings.

I looked into her face. I knew she was still slightly worried I was upset about the move, even though I had assured her I wasn't. I grinned in response.

"It's beautiful. I've only ever seen such a big city in pictures."

She gave a slightly relieved smile. "Don't worry, Vaniville town is much smaller and quieter. I knew that moving to a city that big would be a bad idea. We both know how abysmal you are at directions and getting lost." Her expression changed to a sly smirk.

Meanwhile, the plane started to tip downwards. A flight attendant was going down the aisle, waking up the sleepy passengers, informing them that we were about to arrive.

Fifteen minutes later, we landed in Lumiose airport. We got off the plane, clutching our carry on bags. Mom called a taxi from outside the airport to take us to our new home in Vaniville town. It was still dark out, but that didn't stop me from watching Lumiose city disappear behind us. The concept of such a big city was a bit frightening, yet I still kind of wanted to see and explore it, strangely enough.

When we got to Vaniville town, the sun had risen, and I could see my new hometown. The houses were small, cozy, but nice looking. Ours was no exception. It was made of smooth grey stone, with ivy crawling up the sides.

Mom paid and thanked the driver and we lugged our bags into the house. The inside kept with the same comfy theme as the outside.

I could live here, I thought.

All our furniture was already in place. The smaller boxes containing our smaller belongings, however, were piled high. I took the boxes with my things in them up to my new room. I was unpacking until nine o'clock, when I finally sat down on my bed and observed my surroundings. I had arranged everything similar to what I had back in Kanako. I got up looked at myself in the mirror. My face looked back. I've always been right on the border of average, lookswise. I have smooth, medium toned skin, a small, button nose, and large, clear eyes in a strange shade of pearly light grey. My hair is long, flowy, and brown, and my figure is slender. I don't mind how I look. That's always been a trivial matter to me.

After I showered and got dressed in jeans and a blue t-shirt, I strolled downstairs to find my mom cooking pancakes, everything unpacked and put in its rightful place. Hurley, her prized Ryhorn, was out of his pokeball and stomping around the kitchen, sniffing everything.

"Hi, hon! Got everything unpacked?" she asked.

"Yeah. It took a lot less time than I thought it would, actually." I replied, helping myself to a pancake. I greeted Hurley with a pat on the head as he rumbled his thanks.

"Good. I want you to go meet our neighbors, if you're already dressed."

I sighed. Typical new, just-moved stuff, I guess.

"All right. I'm going."

I stuffed my feet into my favorite battered sneakers and went out the door. Three steps out the door, however, I paused. There were a boy and girl talking to each other outside my house. They both looked up at the sound of my approach, then their faces brightened in recognition.

"Hi! Are you Bree Tanner?" asked the girl. She had a very high pitched and girly voice. She was short, and looked about 16. She had brown hair in braided pigtails, an abundance of freckles and green eyes. She was wearing a pink shirt and shorts.

"Er. Yeah, I am." I said, rather surprised.

"Then, welcome to Kalos! I'm Shauna. I live nearby." Shauna bubbled, her cute face splitting into a grin. She held out her hand and I shook it.

"And I'm Calem. I live next door." Said the boy next to her, somewhat shyly. He looked a bit older, maybe about my age. He had straight dark hair and dark eyes. I shook his hand as well.

"We came to get you. We wanted to introduce ourselves and to our other friends as well. We also have a message for you. Come with us?" said Shauna.

"All right." I said to her, smiling. Something about her grin was infectious.

The three of us set off down the pathway. It was a beautiful, sunny spring day.

"So you're from Unova, right?" inquired Calem as I followed them along. He had a kind of quiet voice, and dipped his head when he talked.

"Yes, from Kanako."

"Ooh! How do you like Kalos so far?" interjected Shauna.

"From what I've seen, it's much more beautiful than I thought it would be." I said. We were heading towards a small café with outdoor tables.

"There's Trevor and Tierno." said Calem, pointing at a table with two boys, one tiny and red haired, the other quite large and bulky. We sat down with them.

"Bree, this is Trevor and Tierno." explained Shauna, indicating that Trevor was the small one, and that Tierno was the big one. I smiled tentatively at them.

"Nice to meet ya, Bree!" exclaimed Tierno happily.

"So… What was the message you wanted to give me?" I addressed Shauna and Calem. I was morbidly curious what four strangers would want to tell me.

"Well, do you know who Professor Sycamore is?" asked Calem.

"Erm. No."

"He is the Pokemon Professor here in Kalos. He has chosen five teenagers to give a starting pokemon and a Pokedex to. He chose us four, and he chose you."

I sat there in shock for a second, letting Calems words wash over me. Me?

Hi! This is my first Fanfic, so please give me any advise/suggestions/thoughts and opinions. I will be updating every day. Don't worry, stick around, we'll get to the good stuff later. I'm trying to hurry through the beginning parts.