This story is going to be centered around the idea of something known as a WEDLOCKE CHALLENGE. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH A WEDLOCKE CHALLENGE AND THE RULES, SKIP THIS CHAPTER. Seriously, it's not even a Chapter of the story. It just explains the rules. If you are unfamiliar with a Wedlocke Challenge, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND you watch a video on YouTube from the user Marriland. He is the creator of this Challenge, which is a variant of a Nuzlocke Challenge. On his channel, you can watch a video containing all the rules of a Wedlocke. I will explain the rules below, but the video he has on his channel really is more helpful. If you don't already know the rules, you need to watch this video or you are going to be very will be the only time I explain the rules of a Wedlocke. If I did that, it'd be unrealistic. Instead, I'll be adapting the rules in the story in a way that makes it actually feel like a story and not just a set of rules.

RULES OF A WEDLOCKE CHALLENGE

1. If a Pokémon faints, it is considered dead. You may not use it anymore. You can choose to either box it or release it in the game. For story purposes, the Pokémon will actually die to, again, make it be more realistic.

2. You may only catch the first Pokemon you encounter in an area.

For example, if I walk onto Route 31 and encounter a Bellsprout, I can either catch that Bellsprout or kill it. If I kill it, then I may not catch any other Pokémon on Route 31. Because I am doing a Wedlocke, however, I will have to make exceptions to this rule. You'll understand in just a bit.

These are the two standard rules for Nuzlockes. The following are the rules Marriland has in place that I will be playing by.

3. I must nickname all Pokémon.

4. Pokémon fight in pairs and may only fight within that pair.

Let's say I begin with Cyndaquil and it is a male. If I obtain Poke Balls and go onto Route 29, I need to catch a female since Cyndaquil is male. These two Pokémon are now paired. Now, if I already have one pair, and nothing else, the next Pokémon I encounter can be either gender because it begins a new pair. So let's say I have Cyndaquil (Male) and Hoothoot (Female) paired. The next Pokémon may be male or female. Let's say I catch a female Caterpie. The next Pokémon must be a male. Essentially, when I have six Pokemon, I will have three males and three females. In battle, a pair can only switch between each other. So using the two pairs above, let's say Cyndaquil is fighting and a Water-type comes out. Obviously I do not want to leave Cyndaquil in against a Water-type, so I decide to switch out. HOWEVER, I can ONLY switch to Cyndaquil's partner, in this case Hoothoot. Now, if Cyndaquil in this situation were to die, I can still only switch to Hoothoot. Hoothoot must either kill Cyndaquil's killer or die alongside Cyndaquil. It's like Hoothoot is avenging Cyndaquil. Get it? Outside of battle, however, you can switch your party around freely. Now, if Cyndaquil were to die, that would mean I have a female Hoothoot that is unpaired. So, if I have a Pokemon in the PC that is eligible (meaning it would need to be male). If I don't have a male, I'd have to wait until I encounter a new eligible Pokémon. I will be playing with Dupes Clause.

5. Pokémon may not be deposited into the PC or taken out of the PC unless needed for a pair or HMs. I can release a Pokemon if I want to, but it'll count as a death and it's a bit of a jerk move and a stupid move considering how challenging this is. This is to prevent a pair from being broken by anything other than death.

Now, obviously I will not have my character in this story state all these rules. These are the rules I will be playing with, as I literally am playing HeartGold Version with these rules and basically writing this story as I go along. It will replicate my playthrough of HeartGold. So anytime I in my game catch a new Pokémon, the character in my story will catch that same new Pokémon. I'm going to adopt it as a story though, so even though I may run into fifty Rattata before I find a Pokémon elligible for a pair because of Dupes Clause, I won't write that into the story obviously.

Phew! Lots of explaining. Again, this post explains the rules to the best of my abilities in text form, but PLEASE watch Marriland's video explaining the rules, as he verbally articulates them and it is much easier to understand.

CREDIT GOES TO MARRILAND FOR CREATING THIS CHALLENGE.

Link to Marriland's Channel on YouTube: user/Marriland

Link to video explaining Wedlocke rules: watch?v=hMZqwUbknLY

That may have been a little bit of a winded and pointless explanation but I wanted to make sure everyone is on the same page!

I hope you look forward to this story!