The region of Alola. Sunny, beautiful, calm, wind swaying in the breeze. Full of four islands, and uite unlike any region in the Pokemon world. Standing on the docksof this island, known as Melemele, was the regional professor, Professor Kukui. He'd just gotten notice of a new Trainer coming to Alola, all the way from another region. He put a hand up to his forehead to see if he could notice a ferry pulling in. And he could. He gave a little smile, happy to be helping yet another Trainer be introduced to the customs of Alola.

As the ferrymade it's way to the docks, this girl with dark skin stepped out from inside, onto the deck of the boat. She had large purple hair tied in pigtails and a ponytail at the back and was wearing a cream top, paired with cream pants, covered by a pink skirt. This was Iris, from the Unova region.

"Wow," she stated as she marveled at the view of Alola, "It's beautiful. Isn't it, Axew?"

"Axew!" Her partner, a Dragon type Pokemon, Axew exclaimed, as it popped out of her hair.

The ferry pulled in and Iris jumped off it, excited to touch the ground of a whole new region.

"Our first steps in Alola!" she bursted out with glee as she took a step.

"Xew! Axew!" Axew joined in her cheer.

"Excuse me!" Kukui caught her attention as he ran up to her, "Might you be Iris, the Trainer from Unova?"

"Yes! That's me!" Iris said, spinning around, "Who are you?"

"I'm Alola's Pokemon Professor," Kukui introduced himself, "Kukui. Alola!"

He waved his hands in the air as he said 'Alola'. He noticed Iris had a blank look on her face.

"That's how we greet people here in Alola, yeah" Kukui explained.

"Oh!" Iris exclaimed, "In that case, Alola!"

She copied the Professor's exact motions.

"Axew!" Axew did the same.

"Oh?" Kukui asked, staring up at Axew, "Is this the Axew I was told so much about?"

"Uh-huh!" Iris replied, petting Axew's head, "Axew's been through a whole lot with me. It was my very first Pokemon"

"That's strange,yeah" Kukui said, as he motioned for her to folow him and started walking, "I was under the impression the starters in Unova were Snivy, Oshawott and Tepig"

"Oh, they are!" Iris replied, "But I was raised in the Village Of Dragons, and every Dragon Master receives an Axew when they first start out"

"Yes, Clair mentioned you wanted to become a Dragon Master," Kukui said, "Is that why you came to Alola? To study the regional Dragon Pokemon?"

"Actually, no," Iris said, "Well, yeah, meeting the Dragon types you have here would be awesome, but Clair actually mentioned I should paritcipate in your tradition. The gyms of Alola? She mentioned something about trials?"

"Ah!" Kukui exclaimed, "So you want to take part in our trials. That could certainly help you in your goal, I can see why Clair sent you here"

They arrived at a tiny ittle shack on the shore of a small beach. Iris eyed it cautiously.

"What's this?" she asked, as Axew stared at it.

"This," Kukui replied, "is my lab! Come inside!"

He walked inside as Iris followed. She noticed a shy girl, dressed in all white in the corner of the room, who was fumbling with her bag.

"Oh! Sorry!" she said quietly.

"It's quite alright, Lillie," Kukui said, "This is Iris, a new Trainer here in Alola, all the way from the Unova region"

"Oh my!" Lillie exclaimed, "Hello"

She waved. Axew smiled and waved back as Iris did the same.

"She's here to take part in the trials," Kukui explained, "she wants to become a Dragon Master"

"Oh!" Lillie gasped.

"Shall we get started, Iris?" Kukui turned to Iris.

"Yes!" Iris cheered.

"Axew!" Axew joined her.

"First, you'll need this..," He told her, pulling out a triangle shaped machine, "Your Pokedex"

"Oh wow! Thank you, Professor!" Iris said, grabbing for the Pokedex.

But he pulled it away from her grasp, then looked at her with a snarky grin.

"What's going on?" Iris asked with her hands on her hips.

"Axew, Axew!" Axew complained.

"On your journey through Alola, competing in your trials, you'll notice that Alola has very different customs to Unova, or any other region," Kukui explained, turning to Lillie, "Lillie, would you mind freeing it?"

Lillie opened a small box, and pulled out a small pokeball, which suddenly burst open, and a Rotom came flying out.

"A Rotom!" Iris exclaimed.

"Ax-ew!" Axew also exclaimed, it's mouth open.

"Rotom" Kukui said to the Rotom, holding the Pokedex out to it.

"Ro-to-to-tom!" The Rotom screamed, dashing around the room quickly, before entering the Pokedex.

This caused the Pokedex to leave the Professor's grip automatically and fly. It now looked like a Rotom, but in Pokedex form.

"Rotom, this is Iris, the Trainer you'll be helping on her journey throughout Alola" Kukui said.

The Pokedex-Rotom flew up to Iris and started talking.

"Hiya, Iris! Glad to be of assistance!" It said, "Go easy on my goods, though, won't ya?"

Iris was amazed at this and just stood there aghast, with her mouth open. Even Axew was amazed, it's mouth dropping even more than it already was. This was the first Rotom that they'd seen inhabit a Pokedex and talk. Prior to now, the only time they'd seen a Pokemon talk it was a Meowth back in Unova. This Rotom was a whole different story to that Meowth, though.

"In Alola, a Trainer's Pokedex is inhabited by a Rotom, to make their journey a lot easier," Kukui explained, "If you get stuck, Rotom is more than happy to help you out"

"That's what I'm here for!" Rotom said, whizzing up and down.

"That's gonna...take a bit of getting used to.." Iris said.

"Ax-ew..." Axew agreed.

"Since you'll be participating in the trials, you'll also need to attach this to your bag" Kukui said, handing her a little keychain that looked like a dreamcatcher, "It indicates to people that you're a trial goer, rather than just a regular Trainer"

"Make sure you don't lose it!" Rotom said.

"Why?" Iris asked as she attached it to her bag.

"You won't be able to participate in any trials if you haven't got that," Kukui said, "But enough of that, I think it's time for you to get your first Alolan Pokemon, yeah?"

"Axew!" Axew cheered excitedly.

Kukui smiled at Axew's response, and said, "Let's go, shall we?"

"Go? Go where?" Iris asked.

"I don't give out the starter Pokemon in Alola," Kukui began explaining,as he lead Iris, Rotom and Lillie outside, "I hand out Pokedexes, and trial symbols, but Melemele's kahuna in Iki Town is responsible for giving out the starters"

"Kahuna?" Iris asked.

"Kahunas are like the Gym Leaders of Alola, but they are nothing like Gym Leaders" Rotom explained.

"Or to put it in your terms, Iris, they'd be of a stature similar to, say, a Dragon Elder, I believe they're called?" Kukui helped out.

"Oh. I see," Iris stated, "Well, I can't wait to meet them!"