Author's Notes: This is a multichapter idea that's been bothering me for a while. It takes place a generation before our favourite dexholders and follows their parents (specifically Red's and Green's) throughout their own Pokemon journey. It's based off the Kanto War theory (which will show up later in the story) Please read and review! Tell me what you guys think about it.

Inspiration: Shelf of Memories (Prelude) from Kanto Symphony by Pokemon Reorchestrated (Skotein) If you haven't listened to it yet and are a huge fan of Pokemon music, please check it out on YouTube.

Green had been rummaging around in the attic, trying to find the prototype of the Pokedex for his grandfather. Professor Oak wanted to use it to compare the newest models in Unova and Kalos to the oldest, to see how far technology has come in the design of the Pokedex. Well, that was what his grandfather had told him. Green was pretty sure it was to update the current model of the KantoDex.

As he began searching one of the shelves, he shoved some books to the side, causing some of them to fall off. Sighing, Green picked up a small leather notebook and flipped through it. It seemed to be a sort of journal from quite a few years ago. He flipped back to the first page and began to read.

To whomever is reading this journal,

I'm Samuel Oak. No, not the Pokemon Professor. He's my dad. I'm going to turn fifteen years old tomorrow, which means I'll finally be able to go on my own Pokemon journey to become a Pokemon Master. Hopefully, by the time you read this, I'll already be a Pokemon Master. Anyways, I've documented my journey in this journal for you to read. Hopefully it's not too boring or anything.

Samuel Oak (the second)

Green almost dropped the journal from shock. This teen, Samuel Oak, was his own father. He had never known too much about his mother or his father, except that his father died when he was four, and his mother shortly after, when he had been five. This journal, written by his own father when he had set out on his Pokemon journey, would provide more information about his father than he could have ever hoped to learn on his own.

Greatly intrigued, Green turned the page and started reading.