Welcome to the world of Pokemon. This is the Sinnoh region, and it is being terrorised by Team Shadow. They are a highly organised group of criminals who use shadow energy obtained from parallel universes to attack other people and summon many other horrors. They are opposed by only one group: the Pokemon Defence League. The Pokemon Defence League (PDL) are a group of about 50 people, all of whom are exceptionally skilled trainers. At the top of the PDL are the 9 Commanders and the Master. This document will follow the 3 top commanders, friends from birth, Chazo (13), Jack (11) and Ariel (14). Chazo is the 7th commander: The Blaze Commander. He has these pokemon on his team:

Baburn (Infernape, Lvl: 80, Male, Brave Nature). It knows: Flare Blitz, Stone Edge, Close Combat and Swords Dance.

Feralfiend (Weavile, Lvl: 79, Female, Adamant Nature). It knows: Ariel Ace, Ice Punch, Night Slash and Brick Break.

Florade (Roserade, Lvl: 48, Female, Naïve Nature). It knows: Sunny Day, Weather Ball, Energy Ball and Sludge Bomb.

Slakong (Slaking, Lvl: 76, Male, Gentle Nature). It knows: Return, Focus Punch, Shadow Claw and Earthquake.

Stormstomp (Swampert, Lvl: 77, Male, Mild Nature). It knows: Surf, Stealth Rock, Earthquake and Ice Beam.

Scorpiquen (Drapion, Lvl: 61, Female, Calm Nature). It knows: Cross Poison, Night Slash, Swords Dance and Earthquake.

Now, on to Jack. He is the Torrent Commander and is the 9th (the highest) in the PDL Commander line up. These are his guys:

Bubblebeak (Empoleon, Lvl: 85, Male, Lax Nature). It knows: Brine, Surf, Flash Cannon and Drill Peck.

Nidoking (Nidoking, Lvl: 82, Male, Gentle Nature). It knows: Megahorn, Earthquake, Poison Jab and Stone Edge.

Ionsteel (Metagross, Lvl: 82, No Gender, Lonely Nature). It knows: Magnet Rise, Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash and Psychic.

Firespike (Typhlosion, Lvl: 82, Male, Mild Nature). It knows: Fire Blast, Eruption, Flamethrower and Brick Break.

Venusaur (Venusaur, Lvl 85, Male, Serious Nature). It knows: Frenzy Plant, Giga Drain, Razor Leaf and Sludge Bomb.

Daichi (Galllade, Lvl 82, Male, Relaxed Nature). It knows: Leaf Blade, Close Combat, Night Slash and Psycho Cut.

And Finally: Ariel. She is the Flower Commander, the 8th one. This is her team:

Turtletank (Wartortle, Lvl: 43, Male, Rash Nature). It knows: Blizzard, Rapin Spin, Hydro Pump, Crunch.

Dittsy (Ditto, Lvl: 78, No Gender, Lax Nature). It knows: Transform.

Dash (Rapidash, Lvl: 80, Female, Hasty Nature). It knows: Double Team, Horn Drill (Breeding move), Bounce and Fire Blast.

Mystic (Dragonite, Lvl: 81, Male, Calm Nature). It knows: Hyper Beam, Thunder, Dragon Rush and Focus Punch.

Leafy (Torterra, Lvl: 84, Male, Adamant Nature). It knows: Leaf Storm, Giga Impact, Sand Tomb and Super Power.

Zap (Magnemite, Lvl: 42, No Gender, Rash Nature). It knows: Flash, Thunder, Sonic Boom and Protect.

Now that you know the heroes I should explain that PDL is a secret organisation, so every one of its commanders should try to lie low. Note that I said "try"…

The air was buzzing with excitement as a boy with brown hair punched the air in the centre of the stadium. The crowd were going wild, and they were so loud that nobody even heard the ground quake as the Aggron fell, defeated. They also didn't hear the swoosh as a Weavile back flipped to land next to the boy.

"That was great Feralfiend," yelled the boy, "Awesome Brick Break! Semi Finals here we come!"

One person in the crowd, however, was not clapping or cheering. A girl in the very top row of seats groaned as she turned to the two Dragonite behind her.

"That idiot…" she sighed, then began to imitate the boy, "I'll enter the Pastoria tournament, it'll be fine, and I won't draw attention to myself at all," she looked very annoyed, "Dittsy, Mystic return," she said as the two Dragonite became red energy and flew back inside their pokeballs.

"I'll get him," she grumbled as she left the stadium.

Later on the brown hair boy ran up to the girl, who had beckoned him from round a corner.

"Wasn't I aweso-" the boy began but the girl cut him off.

"No you weren't awesome, Thunder attack Zap," she said coolly as her Magnemite blasted the boy with a bolt of crackling energy, sending him flying, "YOU IDIOT!!!"

"Hey, hey, easy!" yelled the boy, "What are you so mad about, I won didn't I?"

"THAT'S THE POINT! You said you wouldn't draw attention to yourself!"

"Yeah…but I didn't say I'd lose…"

"Grrr…ok! You can finish this tournament…after that we're going, ok?"

"That's fine by me…" the boy said as the girl stalked away…"Wait a second!" he yelled after her, "Um where do we sleep?"