AN- Eh he… yeah, I've taken WAYYYYY longer than I said I would. Sorry! I'm really thankful for the reviews I got! On a different note, I read book 28 of Pokemon Adventures today, and… it SCREWED what I had planned for this fic. Totally and completely annihilated it. I'll have to change things up now…

Disclaimer: I own nothing, though I WISH I owned Silver and Gold, my fave male characters (and also my guilty pleasure pairing, heh).


Chapter Two: Enter Wallace

Wallace was, not so surprisingly, very fond of beautiful things. Still, at the time, that fact wasn't quite so important.

What surprised most about the young man, who, at the time, was about eighteen, was the fact that he was very indecisive. In fact, ever since the time he'd been about ten, when he received his first pokemon, Luvdisc, a gift from his foster parents, -Wallace had lost his real parents at the age of two, before he even really got to know and love them, due to a storm at sea. The one bad thing about living in the beautiful Sootopolis City was the fact that it flooded frequently and had very bad storms and tidal waves on occasion. -Wallace had had not one, but three dreams of what he wanted to do with his life.

The very first thing he ever wanted to do was to become a pokemon coordinator. He very much so loved to show off the beauty of his pokemon, and couldn't stand to see them any other way, so it had been the perfect occupation, he'd thought.

Of course, that plan interfered with his other big wish, to become the Pokemon Champion of Hoenn. At the age of thirteen, he had discovered that besides being able to expertly show off beauty, he had the ability to command his pokemon just so and perform battles like a true professional. And really, what better role for a pro trainer than that of the best trainer in the Hoenn region?

His third, and less liked, choice was to take over the gym of Sootopolis. Wallace didn't particularly want to become a gym leader, but he had always liked the idea of having a position of high respect in his city, as his childhood days of the teasing he endured for his eccentricities stuck with him. Of course, any fool who dared tease him back then was then shown up, be it with brains, brawn, or beauty. Wallace never let himself be slandered without a fight.

Still, he never managed to cut his options down, no matter how hard he thought about it. When he started his journey at the age of seventeen, his late start due to his reluctance to leave his beautiful home and have to fight his way through the ocean for at least a week before finally reaching land, he still had all three ideas firmly in mind. He left Sootopolis City with his first gym badge, acquired from his mentor, Juan, who had trained him from age fourteen, and ruled the gym. According to Juan, Wallace's battling skills far surpassed his own, and it had been with great happiness that the Rain Badge had been given to the boy.

He immediately charted a course to the nearest gyms and thus his journey began. He won the Mind, Feather, and Dynamo Badges no problem before heading out to Verdanturf Town, which was luckily nearby Mauville, and getting the first set of his ribbon collection. Not to say that all this was done in no time at all- it actually took Wallace two weeks, if not a whole month, in between each gym battle to prepare himself. The contests were much easier for him, but still not a total breeze. Needless to say, his group of pokemon, which had steadily increased in number since his leave and now reached the maximum six limit, had become a power-packed bunch of beauties. He was eighteen by the time his journey (at least the gym part) was halfway through.

His next destination was the town of Fallarbor, which had the next contest and, as an added bonus, was en route to Lavaridge, where another gym awaited him. Still, he'd begun to realize that taking on three ideals in one journey was quite taxing. His pokemon were exhausted, as was he. Upon reaching Fallarbor, he made a decision: he must choose one dream to chase before leaving again.

He realized immediately that it would be no easy feat, and so sought help in the form of a lovely lady he spotted loitering around near the Pokemon Center. He could see only her back, true, but she still seemed to posses what he did not: unrivaled elegance, even in uncertainty, and probably some kind of clear goal, as well. That in mind, Wallace approached her.

"Excuse me, miss." He tapped her on the shoulder, and she tensed before turning cautiously. He'd no way of knowing, but she'd recently had trouble with men chasing her, and she was wary of everyone.

"Yes?" One word- a velvety soft voice accompanying it. The beautiful sound caused Wallace to tense. He was almost afraid to look at her face. If her voice alone was beautiful enough to cause that kind of effect out of him, then just imagine how she looked! Nevertheless, he lowered his head and eyes to her height, his gaze sweeping over sleek and beautifully styled lavender bangs and fair skin before meeting her equally stunning and equally lavender eyes.

One glance. One meeting, and yet- Wallace was already smitten beyond belief.


AN- Whew! Finally finished another chapter! I'm sorry if I made it seem a lot more would happen within this chapter, but I wanted to give Wallace a back-story, too. Besides, it gets a LITTLE bit further into their meeting than Winona's ch. did. I PROMISE that the next chapter will have their FULL first meeting plus a little bit extra (maybe). Hope you keep reading (and reviewing…)!