Heyy. It's me. With my first fanfic story. And yeah, I know it probably sucks. (: But, I was bored and started writing. & it got addicting, & so my story began to, like, evolve. I've got Chapters One, Two, & Three written out, I just need to type them up. So, if you want to read my most-likely-gonna-be-sucky story, thanks! Any constructive criticism, comments is great, but I'd prefer if you didn't just insult my writing without saying like how it could be better. :Dthis story is pretty much based on the Ruby/Sapphire games, and Hayley's adventures on her quest to obtain her badges & stuffs. :P

Hayley's Adventures In Hoenn

Chapter One

"We're finally here! Littleroot Town," my mom sighed happily. "I haven't been here in years! I remember growing up here..."

I looked around me as I hopped out of the moving truck. Having been born and raised in the busy city of Rustboro my whole life, the only times I'd left having been to visit my dad's gym in Petalburg, Littleroot was a lot to take in. It was so... different. In Rustboro, I'd had friends. More friends than there are houses in Littleroot, it looks like. In Rustboro, one or two streets housed as many people as this whole town! This was definitely going to take some adjusting to.

"It must have been tiring for you, riding with our things in the moving truck.," Mom continued, "So how do you like it? This is our new home!"

"It's.. nice. I guess. Way different."

"You'll love it here! Come inside, we can see the house!" She pushed open the front door, and I stepped inside. The house was nice. It wasn't too big, but it wasn't that small. Nicer than where we'd lived before the move, but not really anything all that special.

"See, Hayley? It's great! The mover's Pokemon even do all the work of moving us in. It's so convenient!" my mom said, grinning. "Oh, you should go upstairs and check out your new room!"

I took in the room in which I was standing. There was a small dining table with room for four, with four chairs crowded around it. There was a nice TV and a lamp on a table in front of a cute, green sofa. The room also doubled as a kitchen. In the far right corner, there was a tile flooring to the kitchen, contrasting with the carpeting of the rest of the room. There were a whole bunch of boxes on the floor, things that hadn't been put away or set up yet. There were also two huge Purple Pokemon in the room, one handing boxes to the other, who then unpacked them. I remember seeing Pokemon like them at my dad's gym, someone challenging him had used one. I think it's called a Chokeman? Maybe a Chopman. Something like that.

I walked upstairs to see my bedroom. My eyes widened as I opened the door, revealing it's contents. It was great! It was about twice the size of my room in Rustboro. There was the television that had been in my old room, though it was connected to a new Gamecube, which was also connected to my Gameboy Advance. There was a blue clock on the wall, to replace my old one, that had gave it's last tick months ago. On the walls was a map of Hoenn, and posters depicting my favorite Pokemon and celebrities. There was even a computer in the room! I excitedly ran over to the computer, and pressed the button to boot it up. After about a minute, a white box appeared on the screen. There were two options to click, I could either store items or check my mail. Well, there went all that excitement.

As I came back down the stairs, I heard my mom yelling for me.

"Oh! Hayley! Quick! Come quickly!" she yelled, sounding excited. I walked over to see what was so interesting. "Look! It's Petalburg Gym! Dad might be on!"

"We brought you this report live, from outside Petalburg Gym," the reporter on screen stated.

"Oh... It's over. I think Dad was on, but we missed him. Too bad," she said, "Oh, yes! One of Dad's friends lives right here in town, Professor Birch. He should be right next door. You should go introduce yourself!"

So that's what I did. I walked next door to see the Professor, being glad that I'd know someone in town, even if they were some old Professor. Maybe I'd get to see the Pokemon! I crossed the smooth grass in front of my house, and knocked on the door of the next door house. It seemed to be designed almost identical to the house I was now living in. The door opened and a tall, kind looking woman opened the door.

"Oh, hello. And you are?"

"Hi, I'm Hayley! Norman's daughter. My mom told me that Professor Birch lives here, and said to come introduce myself to him So, now here I am."

"Oh, so you're our new next-door neighbor. Hi! We were told you were moving in, welcome to Littleroot! We have a son about you age, he's upstairs in his room. He was so excited when he heard that someone his age was moving into town. There's not many kids in town."

"Sure, I'll do that." Great, someone to hang out with. I walked upstairs into his bedroom.

It was roughly the same size as mine, decorated similarly. There was a television, a computer, a blue bed, and posters of Pokemon decorating the walls. There was also a boy standing at his computer desk, reading out of a notebook.

"Pokemon fully restored... Items all packed, and... Hey! You... Who are you?" he asked.

"Oh, I'm-" I began, before he cut me off.

"Oh yeah, I know who you are. You're the new kid who moved in next door, right? I didn't know you were a girl. Dad, well Professor Birch, said that our new next door neighbor was a Gym Leader's kid. Norman, the Petalburg Gym leader's kid. So I figured you were a guy. Well I'm Brendan. Who are you?"

"I'm Hayley, hi! I-" I started to say, before I was once again cut off.

"Oh, okay. Hi Hayley! I was about to go help my dad with his Pokemon research, he's researching something. So I'm going to help him. Hey, wait though. Your belt, it's not carrying Pokeballs! Don't you have Pokemon? Should I go catch you one? You could be a trainer too! Aww, yeah. Research. Well, I guess I'll go now. Some other time, 'kay?"

And with that, he ran downstairs. Man, that boy could talk! Maybe that's why there's virtually no kids in town, they all left after he introduced himself..

I walked back downstairs, then went outside, deciding to check out Professor Birch's lab, which was right up the street. If you could call the dirt path a street. It only took me about two minutes to walk there, and then I strolled inside, only to find it completely empty. Oh, except for a short, bald man in a lab coat. I walked up behind him.

"Hey, are you Professor Birch?" I asked.

Startled, he jumped up. "Huh? Professor Birch? No, I'm one of his assistants."

"Oh ok, do you know where he is?"

"Yeah, he's out doing fieldwork on Route 101. Ergo, he's not here. He's not really one for desk work."