CHAPTER ONE: POKEMON ATTACK
12-year-old Lucas Diamond was watching the end of a new show on Jubilife TV called, "Search for the Red Gyarados," when his mom called saying, "Lucas! Paul's here to see you!"
Lucas jumped downstairs, his blue hair a mess, and landed in front of his mom who was talking to Paul Topaz.
Paul Topaz was Lucas's age and had blonde hair. He wore a orange and white striped shirt and a scarf. Something about Paul's look told him he was ready for some crazy adventure. Paul was Lucas's best friend here in Twinleaf Town, and he always thought of some stupid adventure that got them into trouble.
"Hey Lucas," Paul greeted Lucas.
"Hey, why are you here?" Lucas questioned him.
"Well, you know that new show on TV? 'Search for the Red Gyarados'?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, what if there was a creature like that in Lake Verity?" Lake Verity was near their hometown, Twinleaf.
"Let me guess," Lucas replied, creating a voice that sounded similar to Paul's, "There's only one way to find out. TO LAKE VERITY!"
"Man you're good at this. Meet me at my house in a minute, or I'll charge you a million bucks!"
"Okay, I just need time to get ready," Lucas replied. Lucas ran up to his room and grabbed his bag, his hat (which he perched on his head), and his own scarf.
Lucas raced down the steps and out the door. He ended up at Paul's house with only a few seconds to spare.
Lucas waited a few minutes, checked an imaginary watch to see how long he was out here, and finally saw the door open to show Paul who ran into him. THUD! Paul said,"Finally you're here! What took you so long? Well, meet me on Route 201 as soon as possible! And if you're late I'll charge you a billion bucks! Bye!" He raced out of the picture.
Lucas dashed through town and met Paul at the entrance of Lake Verity. Paul offered for Lucas to lead so he accepted.
Lucas led Paul into Lake Verity, where they saw two mysterious figures standing by the shore. One an older man, the other a girl.
"So, how does it feel to be back in Sinnoh, Professor Rowan?" the girl asked.
"Well, Dawn," the professor said. "It looks like Sinnoh hasn't changed a thing, but I know of more rare pokemon since I left long ago."
"It's getting dark, Professor," Dawn said. "We should go back to the lab." The people left the area of the lake.
"Look, those people left their briefcase," Paul said. There was a briefcase lying in the tall grass.
"We shouldn't go in there," Lucas said. "My mom told me not to go in the tall grass."
"We won't be in there long enough for a pokemon to attack us." They walked into the tall grass in front of the briefcase. "I wonder who those people were. Professor Rowan?"
"I don't know, but let's grab the briefcase and go!"
There was a chirping noise in the grass. "STARLY!" Two Starly came out of the grass.
Paul cried, "AHH! POKEMON!"
"Look, in the briefcase! Pokeballs! We can battle with these," said Lucas.
"Okay, but which one do you want?" Paul Topaz asked.
After some thought, Lucas replied, "Turtwig." He picked up the green pokeball emblazed with leaves on the top. "I CHOOSE YOU!" Lucas tossed up the pokeball.
KSSH! The pokeball opened and a jet of red light burst out of it. The light dissolved to show a turtle-like pokemon. It had a small twig growing out of its head.
"Tur-twig!" the Turtwig said.
"Um...Turtwig move, Turtwig move..." Lucas pondered. "Um...Bite?"
The Turtwig ran up to the Starly and clutched its jaws on the bird's head. Starly flew in the air, but Turtwig still held on.
Turtwig finally let go. The Starly felt woozy as it dropped unconscious.
"Yes!" Lucas cried. He had won his first battle, besides in video games.
"I bet my Chimchar was better than your Turtwig," Paul said. "But that was one killer Bite!"
"Thanks," Lucas replied. "Now, let's get out of here, before we meet any other pokemon."
"Right." They grabbed the briefcase and ran out of Lake Verity. Then, Lucas bumped heads with Dawn when she was racing into Lake Verity.
About ten minutes later, Lucas woke up after bumping heads with Dawn.
"Hello? Lucas?" Lucas could hear Paul saying.
"Yeah?" Lucas replied.
"Thank goodness, you're okay," Dawn said with relief.
Paul picked Lucas up and sat him on his feet.
"I don't think I've introduced myself," Dawn said. "I'm Dawn Pearl from Sandgem Town. I'm Professor Rowan's assistant. I can see that you used the pokemon in the briefcase. I hope the professor won't mind."
"Well, I'm Paul Topaz and this is my best friend, Lucas Diamond," Paul greeted.
"Cool, hey come to the lab at Sandgem Town, maybe tomorrow and we can talk this over with the professor. So, see ya!" Dawn took the briefcase and dashed off.
"Bye, Lucas," Paul said. "I'm leaving before anything else disastrous occurs." Paul also dashed off.
Lucas sent out Turtwig since he was lonely. "Hey Turtwig."
"Tur-twig!" Turtwig called.
"Know what? I think this is start of not only a beautiful friendship, but the start of one big adventure."
Turtwig agreed with the nod of its head.
Suddenly, a huge wind blew in and Lake Verity opened up right in the middle. Out came the outline of what seemed to be a legendary pokemon. The wind kept on blowing, but the outline disappeared into the lake. The wind soon died down and Lucas was pale-faced and his jaw dropped down.
"Man, that was weird," Lucas said to himself. Together Lucas and Turtwig walked out of Lake Verity side-by-side feeling good to have finally found each other.