Chapter 2

Drakkon spent many months travelling Sinnoh in search of his destiny, leading him to Jubilife City where he saw 2 mysterious figures in odd clothes harassing an elderly person and a young female trainer. Angry that the shady fools were conducting criminal behavior, he went to aid the trainer in fending off the brainless criminals…

"Hey, rogues! Who in the name of the legends of this world do ye think ye art?" Drakkon said, approaching the strange situation. One of the strange men answered, "We are Team Galactic! We are the true owners of this world! Walk along, insolent child!" Infuriated by the arrogance of the man, Drakkon roared "Thou shalt pay for that! Greatsoul, use Heat Wave to incinerate these fools!" Greatsoul nodded and summoned its wave of fiery aura, which promptly singed the grunts, causing them to cower in agony and one of them then wailed, "How dare you attack us with your pokémon! You will pay dearly one day!" as they ran off north to try and recover from the attack. Once the idiots were out of sight, the elderly man approached Drakkon and said, "Well done! Say, are you a trainer? If you are, come south to my lab in Sandgem Town. I may have something for you…" Drakkon said eagerly, "Sure, I was heading south anyways so I could get info on where I should start a full-out adventure. Do you have any recommendations?" "Well," said the young trainer accompanying the elderly man, "You could go to the right of this city to Oreburgh City and register for the Sinnoh League as a start. Gym badges are important in earning other trainers' respect and in showing strength! By the way, my name is Dawn and this is Professor Rowan. I come from the small town of Twinleaf, only a small walk from Sandgem. If you should ever come on your adventure, know that you will be welcomed with open arms!" Drakkon, smiling widely in a very friendly way, said "Ok, sure. I will come at some point in my long adventure! Oh and, Professor Rowan, I will be over in a few minutes." Dawn and Rowan then bowed in goodbye and walked away.

After gathering materials from the pokémart, Drakkon started on his way to Sandgem. However, he had not gotten very far into the wilderness when a boy about the age of Dawn walked up to him who had puffy blonde hair and some multi-weather-zone clothes on. The boy exuberantly said, "Are you a trainer? If you are, I challenge you to a pokémon battle!" Drakkon reluctantly accepted, sending out Greatsoul to deal with the battling. The boy, in turn, sent out a Monferno that seemed as eager as his trainer. Drakkon sneered as he remembered a vital flaw in the boy's pokemon, "Greatsoul, fly into the skies!" After a while of circling the area, Drakkon shouted, "Now, Greatsoul!" With that, Greatsoul dived into the Monferno, defeating it in one shot. Drakkon's opponent, however, did not take his loss well, as he ran away into Jubilife in tears. However, as Drakkon attempted once more to leave, another boy about the same age, although more reserved and mature, approached Drakkon and said, "I see you battled my friend, Barry. May I ask your name and where you come from?" Drakkon replied, "My name is Drakkon and I come from Hearthome City in search for a destiny told to me by an angel. Who might you be?" The boy chuckled and replied, "My name is Lucas and I come from Sandgem Town. My other good friend, Dawn, and I help Professor Rowan, who is my grandfather. Dawn researches more than she trains, so I usually am the only one who does the field research in far-off cities." Drakkon chuckled back and said, "Yes, I know, I have met them. Rowan told me to meet him in his lab to give me a reward for stopping some grunts from some organization called Team Galactic with my Togekiss. Do you know anything about them?" Lucas replied, "No, I haven't unfortunately. I will look out for them though! Oh, would you like me to accompany you to Sandgem?" Drakkon, growing impatient, replied "Sure, if that is what you want." With that confirmation, Drakkon and Lucas set off to Sandgem.

After a short walk, Drakkon and Lucas arrived at Sandgem to find Dawn there waiting to greet the former, but was surprised by the latter's presence, saying "How did you guys meet?" Lucas, smiling, responded with "I was chasing Barry when he ran into this person here and challenged him to a Pokémon battle. However, Drakkon won so easily, Barry continued running in humiliation! Being the friendly person I am, I struck a conversation with this trainer and offered to accompany him to his destination, now here we are." Dawn, surprised at the turn of events, inquired "What about Barry?" Lucas calmly answered, "Don't worry. He will be on his way to Oreburgh for his 1st badge soon, so I will just catch up to him there." Drakkon politely interrupted, "May I see the professor now? He wanted to see me in his lab when I got here." Dawn, having been distracted with her conversation with Lucas, said "Sure. Go right in, it should be easy enough to find." Sure enough, it was, as it stood out very much, being the only laboratory in town. Drakkon, haven found it quickly, knocked on the door only to have it answered by one of Rowan's aides who greeted him with "You must be Drakkon. Come in, the professor's been expecting you."

As Drakkon entered, he saw many pieces of odd equipment that he looked at with wonder. However, it was not long before Rowan came to greet him with another pokéball and a strange, calculator-shaped contraption which he referred to as a pokédex. He also mentioned that the pokéball contained an Infernape that he was given by his collegue, Professor Pine, who breeds that family of pokémon for trainers. He also mentioned that it was nicknamed Inferno. Rowan then concluded that both objects were, in fact, to be his, and explained that the pokédex had the ability to log all the data of pokémon that one encounters. Drakkon, on hearing this, was interested and thanked Rowan again for giving him such a useful thing. After checking the time on his pokétch, Drakkon then said, "Goodbye for now and thanks for the pokédex and the pokémon. Should you need me, I will be traveling to get gym badges for the Sinnoh League to prove my power. I will contact you when possible to fill you in with the data I collect in the field." With that, Drakkon exited and donned his Running Shoes to make the adventuring go a bit faster and went on his way.

As Drakkon made his way through Jubilife in his journey to Oreburgh, he spotted a strange man attempting to stealthily hide behind a streetlamp, but Drakkon, raising his brow at such a sight, said "What in the heck are you attempting to do, sir? If it is hiding from me, you are failing." To this, the man came out from his hiding spot. Sighing in failure, he said "Sorry for my stupidity. My name is Looker, and I am a member of the International Police. Who might you be?" Drakkon reluctantly replied, "My name is Drakkon. I am a pokémon trainer who is on his way to Oreburgh to apply for the Sinnoh League. Why would you, being of the organization you associate with, be here of all places?" Looker angrily replied, "Give your elders some respect. Well, since you are wondering, I was sent to inspect some suspicious behavior here in Sinnoh. Wait a minute, are you from Hearthome City?" Drakkon proudly confirmed Looker's hunch, which Looker replied to with "You single-handedly defeated the cult of Mephisto a few months back? That is incredible! You thankfully stopped them before we could get to them, and I was told that, if I saw you, I was to give you this Vs. Recorder from our chief. Here you go!" Drakkon said as he accepted the gifts, "Thanks! Oh, I should be on my way. Good luck, Looker!" Looker smiled and replied, "Thanks, Drakkon. I hope that everything goes well with you too. May our paths possibly cross again." With that, Drakkon and Looker went their separate ways.

Drakkon, knowing the way to his destination, made it to Oreburgh in just a few minutes, only to find Barry outside of the Gym. Barry showed in his face that he was still unhappy with his loss, but attempted to hide it in a friendly smile, greeting Drakkon despite his anger with him. Drakkon asked where the Gym leader is, to which Barry said, "He is training in the mine. Lucas should be there as well, just so you know." Drakkon quickly thanked Barry and went into the mine to locate the leader of the Oreburgh Gym so he could start on his gym-battling path with his 1st badge…