Disclaimer: I do NOT own Pokemon.

You never know where life will take you. It can change in the blink of an eye. Looks, attitude, dreams, and even fears can change as time passes by. Life is fleeting and short, but so much can happen during the time life occurs. Obviously, you are wondering why I am saying this. It is true, for me and for you.

Haha I rhymed there. Anyways, my life changed in the blink of an eye. In a way, I wish it never happened. I wish that my life could have stayed the same, back when I was a young. I wish that the naivety and innocence that a child had would have stayed with me, rather than me having to grow up and get older.

The change in my life happened when I was 15. This was the day that I actually changed my life goals. My life changed from a town resident to a traveller. My goals changed from becoming a nurse to becoming a fighter. II shifted from healer to trainer in the time span of a day. This was what life threw at me and what I had to complete.

Now, you are wondering why I had this drastic change. This was because of what my mother wanted me to complete.

My mother was always open to my choices. I was a pacifist. While I knew how to fight, I prefered not to. I was a healer. I took care of everyone. I was empathetic, naive, and emotional. And mother respected that, until my fifteenth birthday.

January 16, 2010

The change started when my mother ended up in a car accident. She was severely injured, where her right leg was crushed and had to be amputated, she had second degree burn marks throughout her body, and multiple lacerations everywhere. My best friend, Daisy Oak, ended up taking me to the hospital as she could legally drive.

Seeing mom that way was terrible. She was in a bed, strapped to the IV units that were next to her. A ventilator was placed on her mouth, allowing her to still take in oxygen. The stench of dried blood filled the air, as I saw the nurse applying new bandages to the stump that was her right leg.

"Will she be all right?" I asked the nurse, feeling tears come up to my eyes as I saw her in this state. No, this was no time to cry. Mom needs me to be strong.

"I am sorry. I do not know at this point," the nurse replied. I stifled a sob and looked at my mother.

"Mom…" I said, looking at her unconscious form. She was pale and still. The only indication that she was alive was the heart rate monitor, which showed her current vitals.

"Luna, are you in there?" I heard a voice ask. I looked up and saw Daisy walking in, looking worriedly at me.

I didn't respond, instead watching the nurse write down the vitals of my mother, Louise Fleur.

"I'm sorry that I got you here so late, Luna. But, visiting time is almost over. I can drive you to the hotel and bring you back tomorrow morning," Daisy said. I nodded stiffly, still spaced out as I stared at Mom's prone form.

"Wait. Before you leave… Your mother left this letter for you. She did wake up for some stuff, miraculously, and requested that we give you this letter in case she doesn't survive. She passed out soon afterwards from the pain," the nurse said, handing me a slightly burned envelope. How this did not get destroyed was a miracle in its own way.

That night, I sat in the hotel room and whispered a prayer for my mother's safety. She was the only one who I had left. My father disappeared before I was born and when I asked Mom about this, she replied that he was travelling and hopefully would be back one day. I did have a brother named Leon Fleur, but he died before I was born. Both sets of grandparents were dead and both my parents were only children.

I walked back into to the hotel room, noticing that Daisy was already asleep. Her Bulbasaur, Bloom, was also sleeping nearby. I looked at the bedside table and picked up the envelope that my mother had left for me.

I opened it, spilling its contents on the bed. I gave a small gasp as I saw a small stack of very large bills fall out. A red debit card, two pictures, and a letter fell out as well. I quickly grabbed the money and card, placed them back in the envelope. Then, I picked up the two pictures.

The first picture showed my mother, father, and brother. My father had vibrant orange hair that defied gravity. It sort of looked like a lion's mane, where it stuck up in odd angles. His blue eyes were looking straight at the camera and he had a large smile on his face. Mom had her curly black hair tied up in a loose ponytail as she too smiled at the camera. She was holding a little boy in her arms, who inherited my father's blue eyes and my mother's black hair, albeit it being straight. He was also smiling. This was Leon Fleur, my brother, who died before I was born.

The second picture consisted of Mom and me. Both of us were smiling in the camera. Mom was standing next to her Venusaur, Hibiscus, and I was actually sitting on top of the flower on Hibiscus' back. Mom looked older in the second picture than the first one, where she had gained more weight and was more tired. And as for me, I was small and petite for my age, something that I inherited from Mom. My red hair was curly and hard to tame, so Mom always had to crop it short. I ended up inheriting her green eyes though.

I put the pictures back in the envelope as well, then starting to read the letter that Mom had written for me. It said:

Dear Luna, my dearest daughter,

I am sorry, Luna. If you have received this, I may have been dead or incapacitated. I hope that whoever found me would give you this to read. Please forgive me, Luna. I did not mean to burden you with what I had set out to do. I did mean to leave you. However, circumstances made me do so.

You often asked me why I never forced you to become a trainer. Why did I allow you to follow your own goals and become an apprentice for the local herbalist, so you could learn how to care for injured and ill Pokemon? I learned early on that forcing a child to do something will only incite rebellion and animosity. I decided to let you have a choice in your life and not to shape you into what I wanted you to be.

Yet, now, I am going against what I decided when you were growing up. Please do not hate me for this, my daughter. I understand that you may be angry, but you need to listen to what I am going to say. I need to let you know why I changed my mind. It is imperative that you know. Lives are at stake here.

This all started before you were born. Your father and I married at a very young age. In fact, it was because I was pregnant with your brother. Your brother was born into the world about four months after your father and I married. Your father decided to name him, Leon, so he would grow strong and brave, like a Pyroar.

We were a very happy family. At this time, trainers could still start at ten years old. Your father, as a former Cinnabar island gym trainer, taught your brother how to battle and live out in the wilderness. He was a bit forceful at times, trying to shape Leon into a smaller, but more successful version of himself.

When Leon started to actually travel, your father gave him his first two Pokemon, a Litleo and a Charmander. You are wondering why Leon had a Kalos Pokemon as a starter. Well, your father had a good friend in Kalos, which was how Leon ended up receiving the Litleo.

Your father was very proud of Leon. That boy was his pride and joy, meant to take after the roles of his father. I was proud of my son as well, but I was worried about him. Your brother was naive and innocent, partially because your father made all the choices for him. He also had a huge hero complex, as I taught him to help others in need. And this led to his downfall.

Leon saw an older girl being accosted by a Team Rocket member and tried to save her. He had his Charmeleon and Litleo battle the member, who was actually an admin. During the battle, both Pokemon had inhaled poison from Weezing's Poison Gas. Litleo actually died from poisoning during the battle, but Charmeleon managed to activate Blaze and kill the Weezing. Leon returned Charmeleon, where the girl and him both managed to escape.

When they got to the Pokemon Center, Leon gave the Pokeball with Charmeleon to Nurse Joy, telling her what happened. She put the Pokeball on the machine and proclaimed Charmeleon to be dead from the effects of Poison Gas.

Leon was devastated by both his starters' deaths. This was the first Pokemon that he ever lost and for everyone, the first death was the worst, especially if it was the starter Pokemon of that person. Your father and I brought him home to keep an eye on him. I had to force feed him his meals and prayed that he would be better in the future.

Unfortunately, Leon continued to slowly weaken. His skin become pale and he became thinner every day. Initially, we thought it was depression. But, I was feeding him and caring for him. How could he be getting worse?

When the Weezing released the Poison Gas that killed his Pokemon, Leon ended up inhaling a small amount of it. The poison was slow acting because Leon inhaled far less than what Charmeleon inhaled. It would have been easily cured with blood transfusions and an Antidote if we had known that Leon was poisoned. However, we did not know until it was too late. Leon eventually started to have very high fevers and coughed up blood. We took him to the hospital, but by that time, the doctors said that the poison was starting to shut down his internal organs. He died after a few hours.

Your father took the death very hard. He began locking himself in his study, researching on how to make a better world. He poured over countless books, often staying up very late at night. He stopped caring for me and for himself. He stopped doing the things he loved- battling, spending time with me, going to see his friends. He became a recluse in his accursed study.

I tried to help him. I honestly did. I tried to make him take care of himself and become more open. However, I did not try hard enough. We had an argument and he ended up hitting me for the first time in our relationship. He was shocked at what he had done and the next morning, he was gone. He left a note, stating that he could not bare to stay in a house, full of memories of Leon, any longer. He was going to fix things, he said. He was heading to Kalos.

I should have gone after him, tried to stop him. However, I realized that I was pregnant with you. I could not afford to drop everything and leave to chase after a man who did not want to see me. Especially as you were coming along.

When you were born, I felt happy. Yes, I missed Leon. He was my baby boy. He had my black hair and your father's blue eyes. Unlike you, who inherited your father's copper hair and my green eyes. I could never replace Leon with you, but with you, I had a second chance to be a mother.

I lost contact with your father after our fight. I tried to contact him, to make him see that he had another child, a new life. However, I never was able to contact your father. It was like he vanished from the face of the Earth.

The only way that I heard that your father was all right was from his friend. The friend mentioned something concerning- your father was into researching legendary Pokemon. Nothing good ever comes out of researching legendary Pokemon, especially if the researcher was seeking to use the Legendary Pokemon's powers to further their goals. People who have tried to use legendary Pokemon to further their goals have failed, either ending up prison when humans punish them or going insane when Pokemon punish them. Your father wants a world without crime and poverty. It would be beautiful, he said. Leon would have loved it, he said.

Initially, I wanted to head to Kalos and stop your father. However, I could not leave you behind. I needed to wait until you were capable of being on your own before I left for Kalos. The friend kept me updated about your father and his research.

Recently though, your father found an ancient ruin underneath a city that could help further his goals. I was actually planning on heading to Kalos, when Alakazam looked at me fearfully. He used his Future Sight and notified me that I would end up in injured on the way to Saffron City. As I cannot change the predetermined destiny, due to the mechanics of Future Sight, I knew that, no matter what I did, I would get injured and be hospitalized on your birthday. Because of this, I wrote out this letter to you.

Luna, dear, please forgive me for what I am about to ask. I need you to go and stop your father. You may be the only one who can stop him as you are his daughter. He never knew about you and only feels the loss of Leon's death. Your presence can stop him from killing many people and ruining the world with his selfish goals.

I know that you do not like the idea of being a trainer and have rarely battled. But, you do know the basics of battling and this is a necessity. You need to take the Kalos Quest, where you need to go through every region at least once, gain entry into the Hall of Fame for each region, start new from a new region and once all five regions are completed, you can enter Kalos. I know that you can do it. If your father succeeded, you can as well. You are his daughter as well as my own.

Please Luna, do this for me and please, do not hate me for this. I love you my child and wish you luck. I will always be with you…

Mom

Fresh tears fell from my eyes as I looked at the letter. Whatever resentment and anger that I had for my mother forcing me to become a trainer faded as I realized that someone had to stop my father. Messing with legendary Pokemon can not only destroy the world, but curse the person into becoming power hungry and insane. Only if the legendary Pokemon allowed itself to be caught by a human, then a human could catch it. Legendary Pokemon only choose to go with trainers whom they feel is worthy of wielding their power. Otherwise, it was well known by most people that legendary Pokemon should not be messed with.

I looked out of the window and sighed, realizing what I had to do. Looking at the night sky, I whispered, "Don't worry Mom… I will make you proud…"

A/N: Well, here is my new story after so long. This is only the prologue though. The real story starts at chapter one.

This IS a Nuzlocke based on my gameplay. Actually, it is a multi-journey Nuzlocke. The main character [Luna] will go through all the regions [provided that I beat them all in game]. The order is Fire Red Version, Soul Silver Version [up until the Hall of Fame], Sapphire Version, Diamond Version, Black 2 Version, and X Version. Here are my rules:

1. All Pokemon are nicknamed.

2. Pokemon who faint die and stay in the 'death' box in the PC [this starts from once I get the second team member].

3. ONLY the first Pokemon of each Route are caught. This is so trainers do not poach and destroy the wild Pokemon species.

4. Shiny Pokemon can be caught at any time, but can still die.

5. No catching duplicates in a region [unless shiny]. If a duplicate appears, I can keep searching for something until I get a Pokemon that is NOT a duplicate. This includes evolution as well [so if I catch a Rattata, I do not get a Raticate]. This is to keep the individual species of Pokemon stable.

6. Whatever is taken into the Hall of Fame cannot be reused in a new region. So if my surviving member in say, the Leaf Green Hall of Fame, is a Charizard and a Nidoking, I cannot reuse these two Pokemon. If I find a wild Male Nidoran/Nidorino/Nidoking in a different region later on, I cannot catch it, but instead have to kill it/run from it and catch something else. This is to I can have more variety in my team.

As this is a Nuzlocke, the stories from the games will be changed to match what happens with my encounters/captures. Please keep in mind of this when you read. Also, on , under the username of Zane_Angelis, I will be listing the team members [along with nature/personality and genders], deaths, and boxed members.

The real challenge starts from the next chapter. The [intended] goal for Luna to go through is the Kalos challenge, where she must challenge all the different regions at least once and get into the Hall of Fame in each region. It is the hardest challenge as it requires the trainer to start new from each region. This is because each time the trainer has to get all 8 badges in each region, the Leagues do not want the trainer to have super strong Pokemon and obliterating the new trainers' teams.

As for me writing about Luna losing battles... She CAN'T lose any battles. As this is a Nuzlocke in the game, I am trying my best to win in every battle I come across [as the challenge ends if I lose]. If I do lose any battles, this story and the challenge will be finished.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this. I am currently at Misty's Gym. Please leave some construction criticism about my writing style [especially since I haven't written in ages]. Thanks for reading.