This is my first story so any comments are apreciated. I would like to thank my Beta eatspeaches for fixing the many mistakes I made! :D

Disclaimer: I don't own the pokemon compony... although if I did I would try to make pokemon real...

Summary: The day started out as any other day would for Professor Samuel Oak. He arose at dawn, took a shower, helped his assistants feed the animals, ate breakfast himself, and began his duties as the leading pokemon researcher in the country. But little did he know the day would be anything but normal...

Chapter One

"How are you and your colt doing, Rapidash?" Professor Oak asked his newest mare and her colt. He was doing his rounds in the barn to see how the pokemon in the maternity and nursery wing of the reserve were faring.

The rapidash whinnied in reply as if to say "Very well, thank you!" before she was let out of her stall to go do her morning stretches with one of the many assistants. There were so many assistants he had been forgetting most of their names, save for the few that were always helping him in particular.

"I'm going to give him a checkup to make sure he's healthy and then I'll bring him to you personally, okay? I know how you feel about the assistants handling your baby." the professor patted the rapidash on the nose and handed the reins to Sara...or was it Taylor? It didn't really matter now- rapidash and the assistant were finally out of the stable and he could perform the checkup without either of them bothering him.

"Well young man," he said to the ponyta as he began to gently stroke his nose, chest and back so the skittish colt wouldn't startle and kick him, "Are you ready for today's checkup? It may take a little longer than yesterday because I have to take blood for a lab test but that shouldn't take very long."

Taking his stethoscope he placed it on the colt's side so he could listen to his lungs and did the same thing on his chest, only this time to listen to his heartbeat. After checking his vitals the professor patted him some more and got a moderately sized needle to take some blood.

"Hmmm... you vitals look good, and I got a good blood sample from you, which is also good." The professor said as he put the blood in a vial and then into his bag along with the rest of his instruments. "I must ask you now... are you ready to go see your mom?"

He said it with that gleam in his eyes, that gleam one only gets when they are happy, as he picked up the lead rope. "When we go you can practice walking on the lead rope and if you do really well..." he trailed off and reached into his pocked, plucking out a plastic baggy with apple slices in it.

"I know they are your favorite so try to- hey! Don't turn your nose up at me or you won't get any. Do really well, and I'll give you the whole bag." He said while the colt moved his head in a futile attempt to avoid the Professor. But in the end the ponyta gave up allowed the professor to clip the lead onto the halter and lead him out of the barn to the pasture where his mother waited at the gate to greet them.

"Alright. As promised, your apples." The professor smiled as both mother and baby began nosing him for the promised treats. "Half for you since you did so well today and half for your mother for putting up with you." He patted the mare lightly on the side of the neck as he finished.

Just then, a winded dragonite flew up and started making wild motions toward the trees with its arms. "What is it, Dragonite?" the professor asked worriedly.

"Drag! Dragonite, nite!" The dragonite exclaimed as he continued making large motions towards the trees near the edge of the reserve, and he began racing toward them.

He may have been older, but Professor Oak was still in excellent shape from all the training he did at the dojo with the fighting type pokemon. He was able to keep up alright.

As he came up to where dragonite was patiently waiting, he saw two figures: one that was very small and looked to be a boy no more than three or four. The second was definitely a femal and older than the boy was, maybe seven or eight by the professor's guess. They were both in torn, baggy clothes and the girl's long, mousy hair had twigs stuck in it, and looked like it hadn't been brushed in a long time. Both children looked underfed and small cuts and bruises on their exposed skin.

Maybe they're runaways- or were abused, and ran away to avoid any more beatings? ...It doesn't matter now, I have to help the poor kids. Thought the professor to himself.

"Okay, Dragonite, hurry and go get Traci. He can help me get the spare room in order for them and get some information from the authorities." He told the dragonite as he gave the children a closer examination. As the dragon pokemon flew to fetch the professor's most trusted aide, the girl began to stir, so the professor backed up a few steps to avoid frightening her.

"Ouch..." The girl muttered, rubbing the matted hair over her temple and sitting up, "Where are we...?" she asked the question to no one in particular as she scanned the area. As she caught sight of the Professor, she hastily began to scramble backwards.

"W-who are y-you?" she half asked, half screamed.

"My name is Professor Samuel Oak, and you are in the edge of the forest, on the border of my pokemon reserve where I live and work with some of the finest pokemon in the world." The professor replied calmly, "But you can call me Sam. If I might ask, what is you name? Also, do you know this boy- and if so, what is his name?" he gestured to the still unconscious toddler laying at the girl's feet as he spoke.

"Uuummm...my name? It's Anastasia Marie Lee...and that," she pointed at the boy, "Is Kurt Levi Lee."

"Okay," the professor said, "Do you know how you got here? Or why you are here?" he walked toward the two children before kneeling in front of the girl to look her in the eye.

"I...um...we...were running..." Anastasia rambled, looking away toward her brother.

"It's alright. You don't have to tell me yet if you don't want to." Oak consoled, "But there is something I would like to know... Do you want to go back to where you came from? And if not, do you have family you can stay with?" by this time Kurt had begun to wake up and was whining, curled into the fetal position. "For the time being you and your brother can stay with me, at my home."

"Ok Mr. Oak let me get Kurt-" Anastasia began to reach for her brother only to be cut off in the act by the older man's hands gong to scoop up the small boy himself.

"No, I'll carry him. You just worry about walking beside me, if you can. If not, I'll carry you too. And you don't have to call me Mr. Oak. Just Sam or Professor, like everyone else." Oak insisted.

"Okay." she said as she began to get up. As she did so, the professor took the semi-conscious Kurt and placed him on his hip, trying not to jostle him. Just as the small group was beginning to head back to the lab, Traci and the dragonite came racing across the field to help them- startling many pokemon in the process.

Sooooooooooooooooo? Questions? comments I want to know! when I finish some more I will be posted if you like the story if not I'll just delete it... Anyway... REVIEW! please?

lots o' love,

K-10