"Chaos has swept through Celedon as the game corner was demolished by an unknown terrorist on what seemed to be a large flying Pokémon. The identity and motive of this terrorist has yet to be discovered, but officials say they are on the case."

"I was watching from the balcony of my Cafe" said a middle aged man whom was being interviewed on the news. "It looked like a large dragon with a rider, and it shot a beam from it's mouth!"

The camera on the TV then changed to another person being interviewed about the event. "I believe it was some sort of legendary Pokémon, cause there's no way a normal Pokémon could pack that kind of power!"

The news program then showed the station's desk reporter. "Kanto's newly elected government is issuing a search on all trainers with legendary Pokémon to find the culprit. Police officials say that it was not any of the current elite four, or Kanto's Gym leaders."

The TV then shut off, and the remote to the device was lazily dropped onto the table. A boy stood up from the seat and stretched out his arms slightly. He was dressed in a red and white striped shirt, with a brown sack diagonal around his shoulder. He wore a hat with visor facing forward, and somewhat baggy tan shorts that extended past his knees.

"Copper!" A voice shouted from outside the house.

A window was open and the cool breeze of the air was felt as it swooped into the house. The boy inside turned around to face the window and the source of the noise. It was a boy close to his age, with peculiar white hair. He was dressed much more warmly than Copper, with a red jacket and pants but a white shirt under his jacket. Copper trotted towards the front door of his small home and opened it for his guest.

"Allen, what's up bro?" asked the supposed home owner.

"I got something really rare in the Ice Path yesterday. You are going to flip out." The white haired guest had a large grin on his face with furrowed eyebrows of confidence.

Copper stepped outside and closed the door behind him. He took a quick look around his small town of which he lived in. Three large paths made exit ways out into the wilderness, one leading in every linear direction except south. To the north was the infamous Lake of Rage, where fishing enthusiasts tended to gather.

To the east was a large ice filled cave that proved dangerous unless you were the town's local Gym leader or one of it's members. For that reason, many residents joined the Mahogany Gym and studied the ice type, as the Ice Path provided the most danger out of the surrounding areas. The last path, to the west, led people towards Ecruteak City, but also had a small cave to explore.

"Well, let's see it!" said the hat wearing boy with dirty orange hair. He had a stern grin on his face, as if he was challenging the other boy.

Allen threw a Pokéball at the ground and out popped a two legged weasel like Pokémon. Its fur was dark and he had one large red ear while the other was cat sized and black like the rest of it's body. It's tail was also red, appearing as just three red feathers.

"Whoa, a Sneasel? How the heck did you get that?" Asked Copper with much amazement.

"You just gotta look hard enough" said Allen while he crossed his arms and shut his eyes with pride.

Copper shoved his hands into his pockets and just stared down in awe at the moderately rare Pokémon. "If you train it, you might even stand a chance against Claire" he muttered quietly.

"Probably" answered Allen while he raised the empty Pokéball and drew the Sneasel back into it's spherical chamber. "I'm going to take on Pryce today. My team is ready."

Copper felt a wave of guilt and discomfort pass through his body. "Oh, yeah? Well, I'll bet you could probably do it. You train really hard."

"Care to join me? You could watch and learn a thing or two" said Allen with a smug grin.

The white haired boy began to head towards the Ice Gym, which was not a far walk from Copper's home. The town was rather small after all. Once they entered, it was as if they were in the Ice Path itself. Ice covered the floor, walls and the ceiling. Copper took one step onto the floor and found himself slipping and almost falling over. Allen merely shook his head with a snicker at the display of Copper's supposed weakness.

"I've beaten every member in this gym, and now i'm ready to take on Pryce" Allen stated, and then walked across the Ice heading straight for the Gym leader's platform. Copper followed behind, occasionally losing his balance from the ice.

"Where the heck is..." asked Allen, but his question faded into nothing before he could answer it. The boy looked around but found no trace of the elderly gym leader. In fact, nobody in the gym was training, they were all just standing around and talking to each other, and they looked worried.

Copper and Allen looked at each other with slight confusion, then headed towards the nearest group of gym members. They turned to the boys with wide eyes and looks of weariness on their face.

"What happened to Pryce?" asked Allen, more or less in a tone of annoyance rather than worry.

One of the members shook his head and the others merely shrugged. "We haven't seen him in more than a day. He's not home, not here, so we assumed he was in the Ice Path."

Allen shook his head, dismissing the idea. "No, I was just there. I explored every last inch to find the rarest Pokémon I could find, and he was definitely not in there."

Copper seemed to be just looking between Allen and the party as they conversed. He truly didn't know how to interact, but it did make him worry as well about the state of the Ice master.

The two boys left the gym together and pondered in silence as they walked side by side through the small town. "You don't think this has anything to do with the Kanto incidents, do you?" asked Copper to his older friend.

"What do you mean? Why would it?" asked Allen with a suspicious glare towards his companion.

"The news was talking about Kanto issuing licensed Gym Leaders a mandatory hunt on all Pokémon trainers with legendary Pokémon. Maybe he went to help them look?" suggested the younger boy, but Allen was quick to turn his head away in dismissal.

"Gramps wouldn't leave without saying goodbye..."

Just then, a loud sharp sound pierced the boys' ears. It was high pitched and seemed to grow louder and volume as it continued to tear across the sky. A white blur flew so quick, it appeared as nothing more than a shooting star falling in the mid of day. It passed over Mahogany and flew far, far into the mountains which were bluer in tint due to the immense distance between them and their town.

When the object passed, so did it's sound, and it seemed to lower in pitch as it flew further away. As the boys watched even closer, they could just barely see a tiny fire erupt and go out where the white streak had supposedly smashed into the mountain.

"What.. the.. heck.." muttered Copper as he stood in almost shock.

He and Allen just looked at each other with wide eyes and dropped jaws. "What was that?!" they both shouted in question at the same time.

"I think... I think that was gramps!" shouted Allen with a hint of worry under his words.

"What? On what? He doesn't have any flying ice Pokémon, does he?" asked Copper tensely.

"I don't know, but it flew right over us." Allen stated, still staring in the direction of Mt. Silver where the white object crashed. "We have to find out. He could be in trouble."

Allen began to hurry his way towards route 44, where he often trained, and towards the Ice Path. Copper quickly followed behind him, still trying to converse with him. "This could be related to the Kanto incidents! It could be people with legendary Pokémon being hunted down!" but Allen paid no mind to such a theory.

The two quickly reached the beginning of the Ice Path and stopped at it's entrance. Copper's eyes widened at the sight of the cave and he stepped back slowly.

"I.. I don't know, Allen..." he said with worry. "I don't have the type advantages to survive in here."

Allen turned over his shoulder and looked towards the troubled teen. "Of course you don't. Your Tangela will be frozen solid. That's why you need me with my Charmeleon. We can melt any Ice foes in our path." Allen said with a smug grin on his face..

They slowly entered the sparkling cool cave and were soon hit with the intense cold that littered it's halls.