Thought I should put the nuzlocke rules at the start of this chapter, just for those readers who wouldn't know why half of the things that happen in this happen.
Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released or put in the PC permanently.
I may only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else. If the first Pokémon encountered faints or flees, there are no second chances.
While not exactly a definite rule, the general consensus is that players must also nickname all of their Pokémon, for the sake of forming stronger emotional bonds. I will be playing with this rule.
POKEMON: 0 DEATHS: 0
Following the sighting of this mysterious red Gyarados, we ask that all settlements near large bodies of water check for similar occurrences to help us further our knowledge of Pokemon.
Lucas read the poster over and over, not sure he understood the severity of the news. It had been brought over by a Pidgeot and his trainer, but that wasn't overly major – parts of Johto weren't too far south of us, yet he wasn't sure why the whole village hadn't gone into a meltdown. There was a Gyarados. It was red. What was the fuss about? It was true that the notice board was almost always empty, but this wasn't even in their region. Maybe they should be shocked at a visitor but the whole village was surprisingly calm.
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Lucas' small village of Twinleaf Town was rather run down ever since the war that split the Sinnoh region in political divide almost 21 years ago. The west and east went against each other in a true battle of power that only ended in damage for everyone, and a 'winner' was never declared. People suffered. A lot.
Settlements were destroyed, some to the point of no return, and they had only pulled themselves back together in the past 5 years. But they wouldn't be alive without their Pokemon. They'd provided people with fresh water – most was polluted – and electricity, heat and fuel, built houses, transported people everywhere and most importantly, been their friends.
However, that's in the places where they had Pokemon. In Twinleaf there was such a low amount of viable Pokemon it was laughable. There were 2 Bibarel (they provide them with their water) and their family of Bidoof, 1 Luxio who provided them with electricity, a Magby and Magmar provided the heat and a flock of the Starly line stayed in the village. No more and no less.
Twinleaf had it worse than most places. Nobody who had left the village has returned in the past 21 years. This poster today should have sent the village into uproar, but strangely didn't. The man who brought it was the first visitor in 7 years. They survive on our own though, it's when someone left that they didn't. If they take a Pokemon they may have survived, but chances are slim. Nobody knows how to survive in anything worse than what the village has, and that's pretty bad as it is. The accommodation is mostly wooden shacks, there are only 2 small buildings made of stone but they use them as storage for what little food they can grow and what little medicine there is. However, most of that medicine never gets used as the illnesses it's for are so rare. As a result of the lack of medical attention many people don't make it past 40, Lucas' dad was unfortunate to be one of those people. Ever since he left the village felt empty. The only person Lucas could really call a friend was Dawn, the only other nice teenager in the village, being 16 as well as him.
Dawn was a very energetic girl, with black hair that fell over her face when she wasn't pushing it out of her eyes. She was funny, sweet and clever; she always knew what to say. She always did. Until she left the village. No-one knows where she left to. She just disappeared one morning and left a trail of cryptic clues that nobody could solve, she was smarter than everybody else. The first clue was fairly easy, she'd left a pile of books on her desk (she loved reading); the first letter of the titles spelt of Verity – the name of the nearby lake.
Lucas and Dawn's mother rushed over to the lake where they found the clue easily. Near the lake was a pile of twigs lay out in some code but we couldn't decipher it. According to her mother it was in Unown scripture, but nobody in the village could read it. We knew Dawn was clever but nobody knew she could read Unown scripture. Dawn was a different calibre.
The other teenager in the village was Barry. He was an arsehole. He didn't even care when Dawn left. Dawn always tried to be nice to him but he was just rude and horrible back so she inevitably gave up trying. He was probably the reason she left. He was a bully and Lucas hated him with everything he could. He also influenced Lucas' decision to leave the village. When they grew up it would be just them with the responsibility in the village, so somebody has to have some experience in the world they were in.
Lucas' decision had been planned for some time now, and tomorrow was the day he was going to leave. He was going to take one of the Bidoof with him to begin his journey, very reluctantly at that. He'd then try and find more Pokemon to provide the village with water and electricity. He also thought it would be nice for the Pokemon in the village to get some company. Luxio especially didn't have anyone to keep him company as he's such a risk to the Bibarel and flying types and the Magby and Magmar are very reserved. Lucas had only learnt recently that the Luxio's name was Lucas as well, which was probably an extra factor in Lucas (the human) getting the motivation to journey across Sinnoh. He would have taken the Luxio with him but he knew that the village needed him more.
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Lucas looked up at the notice board again and spotted another sheet of paper behind the notice about the mysterious red Gyarados. He pulled the poster aside and saw a letter to the village on the notice board, it read:
Residents of Twinleaf,
We understand that you have had no contact with the outside world for a substantial period of time, however your help is critical to the survival of Sinnoh. In recent years gang culture has broken out and the world is ravaged by pain. Your village is seen as a sight of serenity. Lucas looked around at the village of timber houses and agriculture and shivered realising the severity of the issue. We have a request of you that is very important.
One of our professors and his assistant are heading to Lake Verity as we speak with two Pokemon who are full of potential. We ask that you send two of your most physically able residents to meet him there and collect these Pokemon and help stamp out these gangs that are ravishing the nation. The war was bad but this is worse, settlements that were restoring themselves to their former glory are being destroyed by these terrors.
We beg of your help,
Sandgem Labatories.
He clutched the letter in his hand, both fear and excitement coursing through him. His chance was finally here!
AUTHORS NOTE:
Thank you for reading the start of this fanfic. I hope to put a spin on the story of Pokémon Platinum whilst narrating my nuzlocke of the game as well. I plan on updating this once or twice a week and any support/feedback will be greatly appreciated!
Also, all my Pokemon are going to talk in this fic, it will help character development a lot. And speaking of which, I wanted to change Barry's personality from that of the games as it will really help the story!
Unfortunately, I do not own Pokemon. Pokemon is owned by GameFreak.