~Chapter 1~

Patter, Patter, Patter...

The storm that suddenly appeared out of the blue the night before was beginning to subside, and the drops of water ceased to mimic a waterfall. The weather was already becoming whack, but something was different about this.

A certain little girl knew; She couldn't sleep with all the said pitter-pattering on the wall that sounded like it was about to shatter into a million pieces.

"Ugh..." She sat up in the bed and clutched her pillow tightly. "Will this rain end, soon?"

"What's wrong, Lecksi?" Another figure that was covered popped up after much rustling under the bed. A small little grin appeared on her face when she snickered, "Are you crying in your sleep again?"

"No!" She sighed, jumping off the bed that was fit for two. She had cried in her sleep several times when she was younger, but that gave the girl no right to tease her about it! "The rain, duh! I'm thinking about that, Lylli..."

Alecksus Gutierrez; She is an eight year old who knew how to have fun. However, the dirty blonde child was isolated in her own home all week. She was always teased by her little sister, Lylli. They were the same age, but they had extremely different personalities; This was what she disliked the most about the two.

She turned to the window, putting her hand onto the glass and sighing deeply. The water itself started as a low drizzle, but the storm erupted almost a day after. Not to mention, this had been happening since a year ago. Everyone knew about them, but at the same time, nobody did. Pokemon, Pocket Monsters, were suddenly appearing into their world. The thing is: What is with all the storms?

Suddenly, a click at their door was heard, and only a shadow could be seen. "Lecksi" turned around and noticed a little bit of the features when it came to the jeans and a striped beanie on the head portion of the body.

Lylli, squinting her eyes as she looked to the front, gave a small grin when she realized who it was at said door. "Shawn!"

"Yo." He turned on the lights to give them a clearer view: A white lab coat on top of casual clothing. This was the perfect combination for the guy's casual and sarcastic tone... not. At least the glasses helped him, though. "The rain finally began to stop, y'know? Eheh..."

"Why are you here, Shawn?" Alecksus had tilted her head in confusion.

"Well, you're..." Holding a secret was a such a hard thing to do in front of the kids. He scratched the back of his head, taking the words and rearranging them. "Actually, both of you can get dressed and come with me. I've already asked Orlando if he can let you come with me, and I'll need your help anyways."

And in a flash, he closed the door behind him to wait outside. The two girls, -who gave a smile that bared teeth like an animal-, dashed to the closet and began getting dressed. Going anywhere with Shawn was like a new adventure for them, and it didn't seem like the rain would put a damper on their mood (At least, what was left of it).

Alecksus was already putting on her favorite silver tennis shoes with a sweater dress to keep her warm. The hair was wrapped into a neat little ponytail, to say the least. With this done and done, she put on her own pair of glasses and nodded to herself in the mirror. "You ready, Lylli?"

"Almost!" Lylli didn't feel like getting dressed up for the weather, so she put on a regularly checkered tee in the middle of the closet; The plaid skirt that she had picked out wasn't too long, but too skimpy or short. She looked under the bed and pulled out some brown fur boots.

"So, we're going somewhere? I can't wait!" Lylli was kinda clueless, but she couldn't help squeal in delight whenever she was taken somewhere.

"Yep!" Alecksus nodded, fixing up the rest of her things and opening the door. "Shawn, we're ready~!"

~x~

"...You guys know about all the Pokemon that have been appearing in the state, right?"

Shawn was in the tiny gray car he had fixed up a few years back, driving through the wet roads that took their time drying from the rain that had stopped. He took caution because of the toddlers, but realized they had become stupefied with the question he had asked them. Either that, or they had no clue on what he was talking about. Were they seriously oblivious to all the creatures about them?

"What about what now?" Lylli blinked.

"Still too young to understand, I see." Shawn let out a rare chuckle, continuing to drive while beginning the story, "A year ago, we had an aurora pass in the sky. An aurora is.. Like a rainbow, but flashes out many colors in the sky in what looks like a line. Not to mention, the climates have been changing all around the world because of it. It's not just our state that obtained the power of Pokemon anymore."

"Heeh~?" Lylli had heard the term of Pokemon like once, so she wasn't very educated with anything he was saying. Alecksus knew about them; In fact, she grew up a bit with the games in her life. She was always using the DS that one of her relatives had in life.

"Well, that explains the snow day we had that one year! All those little creatures popping up from it.. Not to mention, it was in the middle of March!"

It took a few minutes before they arrived at their destination. The "student professor" parked the car in front of the place they needed to arrive at. When Shawn got out of the car, he looked back at the building with a feeling of nostalgia inside him.

"We're here."

The two little girls got out of the car and noticed the pure white building that was soaked with the same rain. Their jaws dropped, gasps were created, and their eyes widened with anticipation. Shawn gave a small smile before turning to them.

"Welcome to Del Valle's Pokemon Lab..."

Kill me later. I should be working on my Touhou Project story, but I'm procrastinating.

More inspiration. People I know from around the world. Deal with it D.

Pokemon doesn't belong to me. I've already established this on deviantART. Not many ANs just so you know.