Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, the characters associated with Pokemon, nor this story. This story and a few of its characters are owned by my friend, lovedove830, who has an account on Fictionpress. So, to sum it up, I don't own anything on here. Well, that's a depressing nutshell...

Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Thin strips of sunlight filtered in, despite the blinds over the window. They sliced through the darkened light of the small room and landed on Topaz's face. The girl groaned, opening a dark brown eye to squint at her alarm clock, perched on her dresser next to her bed. Faintly on its screen, it flashed 10:40 am. A groan rippled out from her mouth, and she turned over to lie on her opposite side. It's too early… She faintly thought, but the grip of sleep refused to come back. Eventually she gave up and sat up slowly. Half of her deep cocoa hair was brutally messed up from her night of peaceful sleeping. Mumbling rude things about the sun under her breath, she grabbed a nearby comb sitting on her headboard and started to fix her hair. When her hair was straight, her bangs thick and resting just above her head, Topaz got up and rooted through her drawers to find something to wear. (A simple navy blue shirt with the words "THE MASTER" on it, and some jeans. Along with a jacket tied around her waist) After that, she descended the stairs of her small house in Twinleaf town. In the living room, her mother was making breakfast.

Topaz's mother, Lisa, turned her head towards her daughter and gave her a beaming smile. "Oh, hello darling," She greeted, stirring something in a green bowl. "How are you this morning?"

Topaz yawned and grabbed a granola bar off the counter. "Tired. The sun woke me up."

Lisa laughed. "Do you want some breakfast, honey?"

Topaz bit off a piece of the granola bar. "Nah, this'll hold me off."

"Oh," Lisa said, putting the bowl down. "I just remembered something. Barry came by earlier and said he wanted to talk to you…"

Topaz stopped chewing. Swallowing her chunk of granola, she asked "What did he want?"

"Oh, I'm not sure. Something about going to the lake…"

"Mm-hmm…" Topaz hummed. Oh boy. Wonder what crazy crap he wants to get me into now. She mused in her mind.

"Be careful when going to the lake, Topaz," Lisa said, snapping Topaz out of her muse session. "There are wild pokémon there and you don't have any pokémon of your own."

"Alright," Topaz said, grabbing her backpack from the dining table and exiting the house.

Twinleaf Town was a small, humble community. It was near Lake Verity and it had a very quiet atmosphere to it. While it didn't have any game centers or large shopping centers, it was still home to the denizens and that was good enough for them. Topaz exited her house and filled her lungs with the fresh air rolling in from the nearby waters near the town. She headed towards her friend's house to see what he wanted. Probably learned how to masturbate. Nah, that's too unlikely. Topaz smiled to herself, knocking on the door. Entering, she spotted Barry's mother.

"Oh, hello Topaz," She said, smiling. "Barry was looking for you."

"I've heard." Topaz noted. "So, where is he?"

"He's in his room. Oh, would you like some breakf—"

"No." Topaz headed up to his room.

In his room, Topaz saw Barry, her best friend (as he puts it, though she says "my buddy") rustling through his backpack. "Got everything…got everything…Ah close enough." He turned around and spotted Topaz. "Topaz!" He ran up to her. He was especially jittery, almost to the point where he couldn't keep still. "Hey, Topaz! Did you watch that one show with the Red Gyarados?"

"No. I was sleeping." Topaz answered. This statement made Barry lose some of his anxiety, and Topaz was almost sad to see it go. Then he charged up again.

"Ah, doesn't matter. Why do you sleep so much? No, wait. I don't want to ask that. Hey, you think there's any Pokémon like that in Lake Verity?" The words came out of Barry's mouth in a flurry of questions that Topaz could barely follow.

"I dunno." Topaz could only answer.

"Hey, let's go check! I'll be waiting Route 201. If you're late, I'll fine you a million dollars!" Before Topaz could open her mouth to retort, he ran out.

How dare he lay me hanging before I could make up a comeback. She thought to herself. She went back downstairs. She exited the house, trying to catch up with Barry.

Outside of Twinleaf Town was Route 201, "the route leading to adventure" as they say. It led to Sandgem Town, a nearby community, and to Lake Verity. Tall grass dotted parts of the route, and Topaz was careful to avoid them. She spotted Barry, who was practically jumping in place to contain all of the excitement in him. Topaz on the other hand, stayed calm and collected. In some ways, she acted as the foil for him. He turned towards her as she approached.

"What took you so long, slowpoke?" He said, his speech yet again fast.

"Shut up." Topaz said back.

"Yeah, okay. C'mon, follow me. We need to see if there's a Red Gyarados in the Lake."

"Sure." Topaz followed him as he walked towards Lake Verity.

The lake was large, surrounded mostly by trees with several dots of tall grass located near the edge of the water. A large island was located in the middle of the lake. Topaz followed Barry as he led her towards the water's edge. The lake water shimmered with a thousand crystals in its belly as the sun rode up higher into the sky. The blue glass floor of liquid was mainly undisturbed, silently lamenting as the surface glinted like a blade. The two stood facing the gentle pond, soft silence bathing the air. The two noticed an elderly man and a younger boy about their age sitting by the water's edge.

"Hey, Professor, I don't see anything…" The younger boy said quietly.

The elderly man stroked his beard. "Hm, something seems different from before but…Ah, well. We've seen enough." The professor was about to leave, but his young college spoke again.

"Professor…how are you enjoying being back in Sinnoh? It must be exciting."

The Professor considered his answer. "Well, I can say one thing. There are many rare Pokémon in this region. It should serve us well in our studies. Come, Lucas." The Professor started to exit the lake area. He came across Barry and Topaz. "Excuse us, we must be leaving." He left without saying another word.

His assistant came by. "Uh, excuse us…" He followed. After they left, Barry and Topaz got down to their original mission.

"Maybe it's here…We should watch." Barry suggested.

"If I get hungry, I'm leaving." Topaz said, but stayed by his side.

The duo stood facing the water for a few moments, waiting for a Red Gyarados to come up from the water's surface. (Well, Barry was. Topaz was only there for the heck of it.) Nothing happened, but then Barry broke the silence again.

"Hey look, that old dude left his briefcase." He pointed to a brown box sitting in a patch of tall grass. "Let's check it out."

"Are you kidding? It's in grass. We might piss off some Pokémon. Or the old guy. Elderly people who are pissed off are scary like crap." Topaz replied.

"Don't worry; we'll only be in there for a couple of seconds."

"We don't have our own pokémon."

"So?"

Topaz gave up and followed him into the grass.

Barry checked the briefcase. "Hm, what should we do with it?"

Take the money inside. Topaz thought to herself, but stayed silent.

"We could try to deliver it to them, but I don't know where they came from. I heard them say professor though…"

Suddenly, two starly came out of nowhere and surrounded the two, chirping violently. They flapped their small wings, getting closer and closer.

"Oh Shi-! Barry, you asswipe! I told you we shouldn't have gone into the damn grass!" Topaz yelled.

Barry didn't answer. Instead he opened the briefcase.

"What the hell are you doing?" Topaz shouted at him.

"Look, there's pokémon inside this suitcase! Hurry, pick one!"

Topaz didn't care whatever poke ball she picked. She just picked one and threw it at a starly. The poke ball split in half and a red light emerged from it. A red flash of light emerged it and a green turtle-like creature emerged. It stared at Topaz with large, adoring eyes.

"Kick its ass!" Topaz yelled, pointing at the starly. The small bird Pokémon was now staring at the new Pokémon with some uneasiness.

The turtle had no trouble complying with the order. It faced towards the bird, tackling it fiercely. The starly sprawled backwards, stunned. It tried to attack back, answering the turtle with a feeble growl. This made the turtle pokémon attack again. Topaz shouted more commands and rude insults, watching as the little green guy showed no mercy to its opponent. After a few more attacks, the starly fainted. With the battle over and he as the victor, the turtle Pokémon resumed staring at its "trainer". Topaz smiled. Barry had also claimed victory against his opponent with his monkey pokémon.

"Ha-ha, awesome battle!" He cried, dancing around his pokémon. "You did pretty good, but my Pokémon did better."

Topaz clenched her fist, trying to calm down the urge to punch his mouth. Then they both noticed the boy from earlier staring at them.

"Oh, you used his pokémon…" His eyes nervously darted between the two. "Oh, the professor's not going to like this…" He quickly took the Pokémon and briefcase and darted from the lake.

Barry and Topaz simply stared at each other.

"I should've told him it was your fault." Topaz finally said.

Lisa nodded while listening to Topaz. It was brief (Topaz liked to keep things that way.) but Lisa understood what had happened as if she were there. She put aside the bowl she was still stirring in (Topaz had no idea what the hell she was making) and sternly put a hand on her chin.

"You were very lucky that you weren't hurt." Lisa finally said.

"Yeah I was." Topaz replied.

"I suggest you go to his lab and return his Pokémon."

"Alright." Topaz began to leave but Lisa stopped her.

"Wait a minute, before you go…" Lisa pulled out a box. "I bought these for you." She opened the box and pulled out a pair of sneakers. A small tag was attached to them. Lisa squinted at the writing on it. "Press the B button to run faster."

What the hell is the B button? Topaz asked herself, but she kept the question contained within her. "Kay. Thanks, Mom."

"Ah, my little baby, a Pokémon trainer…" Lisa mused happily.

Topaz opened her mouth to say she wasn't a Pokémon trainer, but decided against it. She didn't want to ruin her mom's happy mood.

Once again on Route 201, but this time, the tall patches of grass no longer intimidated Topaz. She had a Pokémon (even if it wasn't hers) and was going to fuck up anything that dared to be in her way. She tossed out her new Pokémon. In a flash of red light the turtle Pokémon was back out. It chirped happily at the sight of Topaz.

"Yo," Topaz greeted the Pokémon. "Hey, you should help me kick more asses."

The Turtwig grinned and assumed a battle stance.

"Heeeeey," Topaz playfully lifted an eyebrow. "You're good."

The new possible trainer and her new possible Pokémon traversed through the tall grass, beating the crap out of any Starly or Bidoof that they encountered. Turtwig quickly worked his way through them, with Topaz becoming more and more impressed with his ability. After dealing grin-worthy blows to their enemies, they arrived in Sandgem town. It was a lot like Twinleaf, being by a body of water, but with part of it being a beach and it had a store and a Poke Center. Walking into the town with Turtwig following behind, she noticed the boy from earlier. He ran up to her.

"Hey," He said, smiling. "I really admired your battling skills back there."

"Uh, thanks." Topaz said. He's smiling a lot at me.

"Anyways, I'm Lucas." He extended a hand. "Assistant of Professor Rowan. This is his lab." He gestured to the large building next to him.

"Yo, Lucas." Topaz accepted the hand, giving it a few firm shakes. "Name's Topaz."

"That's a nice name." Lucas smiled some more.

"Uh, okay." Topaz cast a sideways glance at Turtwig, who just stared back adoringly.

"So, let's go inside and talk to the Professor." Lucas began to walk up to the door, but it opened and none other than Barry thudded right into him.

"Hey, watch your—Oh, hey Topaz! Hey, that old guy isn't so scary. Oh, whatever. I'm outta here. See ya!" Barry dashed away, leaving Lucas and Topaz standing and staring.

"Whoa, he seems to be in a rush." Lucas said.

"He's always in one." Topaz murmured under her breath.

"What?"

"When do we get to meet the Rowan guy?"

"Oh, right!" Lucas opened the door for her. "He wanted to talk to you."

Topaz entered the lab. It was mostly white, with some bright lights overhead. A few men were doing things Topaz didn't understand, but she then saw the same old guy she had seen at the lake before. He was tall and was stroking his beard with one hand. The other was hidden behind his back.

"Ah, Topaz, is it?" He started off. "I understand why you had to use those Pokémon out there…"

"It was Barry's fault, I swear." Topaz said.

Rowan chuckled. "Please, don't worry. May I see your Pokémon?" He checked Turtwig, who was chirping happily. Topaz didn't know why. "Hm, it seems to have taken a liking towards you." He stroked his beard again. "I see! I shall give to you."

Topaz's eyes shot open a bit. "…Really?"

"Of course. Now that it's yours, would you like to give it a nickname?"

Topaz's studied the turtwig, who was currently doing some type of jig on the floor.

"…Supreme."

"Is that okay?"

"Yeah."

Rowan stood tall, a small smile on his lips. "Your friend Barry told me what happened—"

"It's still his fault."

"Yes. Well, he told me what happened, and you battled very well, even though it was your first time. Already there is a growing bond between you and that pokémon, which is why I am entrusting you with it."

Topaz, who wasn't really listening, simply nodded. "Uh huh." What the hell is he talking about? Oh well, I got a pokémon now.

"Wow, I'm glad you're kind to pokémon." Lucas said, smiling. "If you weren't, well I'd…I'd…"

Topaz glared at him, squinting her eyes. Turtwig tried his best to copy this move. "You'd do what?"

"Uh…" Lucas put his hands up in the air. "It's nothing, nothing at all." He laughed nervously, though it was a bit choked.

Rowan cleared his throat. "Well, let us get to the main topic. I study pokémon, and I would like you to help me. I was going to ask Barry, but he was in a rush. Or it seemed like that." His hand delved into one of the many pockets on his lab coat and pulled out a small red device. "This is a PokeDex. It records data on pokémon you have seen and obtained. It says information about the pokémon you meet and collect. Oh, and this is new," He pulled out another device from the same pocket. It looked like a small red ear clip. "This is a PokeTrans."

"A pokémon transvestite?" Topaz guessed.

Rowan frowned while Lucas suppressed a laugh. "…No. It stands for pokémon Translator. You clip it onto your ear and it lets you hear what the Pokémon are saying. I was going to give one to Barry but he is a hasty one."

Topaz took the clip and clipped it onto her ear. She looked at Turtwig. "Hey, can you say something?"

"Like what?" The turtwig asked, tilting its head.

Topaz grinned. "It works."

Rowan beamed. "This is a great day for me. I've lived for 60 long years, and yet pokémon research is still a thrilling thing for me. Good luck on your adventure in Sinnoh!"

Lucas turned towards her. "I also help in collecting data for the PokeDex. We can work together on this. I'll be glad to help you."

"Yeah, okay." Topaz said.

"You should go home and tell your mother about this. You're about to embark on an adventure and she will most likely want to know."

Why the hell is everyone acting like this is some damn adventure to end all adventures? I wonder how many times Rowan had recited this speech to other trainers like me. Topaz put the PokeDex in her backpack. "Kay, I'll be going to home now."

"Wait, I should show you some things first." Lucas said. "I have more experience than you when it comes to being a tr—"

"The blue house is a shop and the red one is a Poke Center." Topaz quickly said. "I know more than you think."

Lucas looked a bit disappointed, not being able to share his knowledge.

"You should go home now and tell your mother." Rowan suggested.

"Yeah, I should."

"Oh, wow Topaz. That's wonderful!" Lisa exclaimed, hearing Topaz's brief summary of what Rowan told her.

"Yeah, it is." Topaz rolled the PokeBall containing Supreme inside on the counter.

"That reminds me…I should give you a Journal." Lisa handed her a notebook. "So you can put down all of your adventures in here!"

"Yeah, okay." Topaz took the notebook and put it in her backpack.

Suddenly, in the middle of their conversation, Barry's mother entered the house.

"Excuse me, is Barry in here?" She asked the two.

"Why, no." Lisa answered.

"Oh dear…that boy is always in a rush. He forgot his Parcels. Oh wait!" She turned towards Topaz. "Could you b—"

"Sure." Topaz took the Parcel and put it her backpack as well. "Well, see ya." She saluted them before exited the house.

Again, Topaz was at the entrance of Route 201. But this time, it was different. Topaz actually had a pokémon and she was now a trainer. Already, Topaz could see herself surrounded by her pokémon, pummeling anyone who dared to oppose them. She turned to Supreme, her new turtwig.

"Hey, you ready?" She asked it.

"Ready to do what?" Supreme grinned.

"What else?" Topaz struck a pose. "Kick ass."

"Yes. Yes I am."

Topaz didn't stop smiling as she took out her journal and wrote down the first piece of their adventure. It was a small statement, but it had a lot of power.

Day 1: Ready to kick ass with Supreme.