"Tikki, its finally time," Marinette told her Pokémon, "We're finally able to go on our Pokémon journey." She sat down and remembered the first time she met the red Pokémon that was now her best friend.
Five Years Earlier:
Running through the forest, Marinette played through the huge oak trees. A small whimper comes from a burrow beneath a tree. Following the sound Marinette found a small red ball of fluff hidden underneath the tree. "A Pokémon," Marinette breathed. Hoping the poor thing wasn't hurt, she lifted it from the burrow. The creature was dark red with a pure white tail and a dark spot on its forehead. Marinette wondered where the mother was. Mothers usually stay with their babies, at least that's what Marinette thought. Marinette decided to search for the missing mother.
Wandering through out the forest Marinette suddenly heard a man shouting orders. Marinette dashed between the trees towards the yelling. Breaking through the circle of trees she reached a clearing. Pokémon filled the clearing, this was normal in some parts of the forest. However, these Pokémon were in cages. Marinette may have young, but she was not stupid. Something was wrong with this situation.
In the middle of the clearing stood a man wearing a white outfit with a purple butterfly in the center of the shirt. The man was the one shouting orders to the people surrounding him. They're moving the cages, Marinette noticed. In the cage closest to her, was a large white Pokémon with several red babies. Marinette realized it was the baby's mother. Trying to sneak over to the large cage, Marinette tripped. The crackling of the leaves as she stumbled alerted the man to her presence. "A kid, here," the man questioned. He shouted at the others to "Hurry up, while he took care of the kid." Marinette apologized to the Pokémon for not saving them and ran. She didn't know what he meant when he said take care of, but she knew it wasn't good. The man shouted after her.
Marinette heard him call for an Arbok and send it after her. Avoiding the Pokémon was hard for the ten-year old girl, but somehow, she managed. After a long chase through the forest, the Pokémon gave up and went back to its master. The black-haired girl ran back to the baby Pokémon she had found.
"Thank goodness you're still here," Marinette told the little Pokémon, "I found your momma, but she was in a cage, and I couldn't get her out. So, you'll come with me, we'll tell papa, and he'll save your momma. Papa's the best Pokémon trainer in the world. If he can't do it no one can."
Marinette followed the path back to her house, the little puffball cradled in her arms. As she walked in the door she shouted for her parents. As they rushed into the back of the bakery, they noticed the Pokémon she had hidden in her arms. "Marinette, we said not to pick up wild Pokémon," her mother, Sabine, scolded the young girl.
"Mama, the Pokémon's mother is locked in a cage. Papa has to go save her," Marinette pleaded with her parents. "Marinette, what are you talking about?" her papa, Tom, asked. "The man in the white had lots of Pokémon in cages. Papa you have to go save them." Marinette pleaded again. Her parents glanced at each other. "Marinette, can you take me to the Pokémon you saw," Tom questioned.
Marinette left the baby Pokémon with Sabine, and led Tom back to the clearing she saw the Pokémon in. However, by the time they got back to the clearing, the Pokémon and the cages they were in, had disappeared.