Sorry for not updating, but I wanted to write a bit more of the story first.

Disclaimer- I do not own Pokemon- Nintendo does. Kudos to them.

Chapter Two- The Mystery of Mesprit

'You're Professor Rowan!?' exclaimed Pearl, 'Wow! I'm Pearl and this is Diamond.'

'Nice to meet you too,' replied Rowan gruffly. He pulled out an odd red device with two screens, tapped the bottom one several times until a light on it started flashing, then held it around like a metal detector.

'Um...sorry to ask Professor, but what's that?' asked Pearl, the more curious of the two boys. Diamond too was intrigued by the strange device.

'This? This is an invention of mine, the Pokedex. It's a high tech digital encyclopaedia of every pokemon in the world. Technically my good friend Professor Oak invented it, but I've upgraded it considerably,' Rowan explained, 'Right now, Platina and I are searching for a mysterious mirage pokemon that is believed to sleep at the bottom of this lake. Ancient folklore says it is called Mesprit, and it appears to travellers here as a shimmer in the middle. Diamond's mind immediately flashed back to the shimmer he had seen earlier.

'I saw it,' he blurted out. Rowan raised an eyebrow and Diamond continued.

'I saw it, a shimmer in the middle, right before Pearl and I started battling. It was small, but very distinct.'

Rowan clapped his hands.

'Excellent. That matches the exact description history gives us. If only there was a way of get-'

He was cut off by a high pitched whirring sound, a swoosh overhead and the sudden appearance of a pink headed pixie in front of their eyes.

'Mesprit!' Platina exclaimed, 'Let's capture it, professor!'

'That's Mesprit?' observed Pearl, 'It has dreadlocks!'

He threw a pokeball and Vis burst out, snapping its jaw.

'Yeah, Vis! Weaken Mesprit with Dragonbreath!' he commanded. Vis fired off a round, but to everyone's astonishment, the attack went straight through Mesprit. Diamond stood up, sending out Forte. He had an idea.

'Forte, use Foresight!' Forte's eyes flashed white and he assumed a combatitive stance.

'Now we can hit it!' exclaimed Pearl, 'Vis, use Headbutt!'

Vis jumped towards Mesprit, but Mesprit swung one of its two tails around and knocked Vis back towards Pearl.

'Don't worry, I have a faster move,' said Diamond, 'Forte, Quick Attack!'

Forte nodded and sped at hyper speed towards Mesprit, but Mesprit swung its other tail to slam it back. Forte groaned as Mesprit started glowing.

'It can't be evolving!?' exclaimed Rowan.

'No it's not!' continued Platina as Mesprit started to shimmer, 'It's phasing out!'

Mesprit disappeared, but the trainers were greeted with a few squawks as six Starly flew out from the trees.

'Oh great,' whinged Platina, 'We only have four pokemon.' She threw two pokeballs.

'Go Plum and Peach!' A Piplup and a Pachirisu appeared.

Forte and Vis squared off against two, while Platina's pokemon took on another two. However the remaining two settled on Diamond and Pearl.

Rowan however had other plans. He took out two pokeballs from his coat and threw them to the boys.

'Take these! You can keep them!' he shouted over the wingbeats.

'Right!' replied Diamond and Pearl, 'Go Pokemon!'

The balls opened and two pokemon appeared. One was a green quadruped, with a small plant on its head and a shell on its back. The other was a red monkey with sharp claws and a flame shooting from behind.

'Turtwig!'

'Chimchar!'

Diamond stood behind the Turtwig, while Pearl took the Chimchar.

'A Turtwig, nice. You're a creature of the earth, so I'll give you a nickname to suit that. How do you like 'Atlas' – like a map of the earth?'

'Turt!' Atlas nodded. Pearl too had thought of a name.

'Chimchar, I'm Pearl. What do think about being called 'Sol', reflects your hot power, no?'

Sol scratched its head- however the Starlies now attacked the four. Diamond was quick to act.

'Forte, quick attack that one! Atlas, get it with Bite!' Forte leapt at one blindingly fast while Atlas jumped onto one and bit down on its wing. They careered off towards the trees when-

'Atlas, use razor leaf!' Atlas jumped off its wounded enemy and flashed a few leaves towards it, slicing across the back and finishing it off. Forte too had managed to get above its Starly.

'Forte, finish it with Force Palm!' Forte's hand glowed bright as it smashed the Starly directly into the ground. It landed gracefully as Atlas came up. Diamond smiled and returned the two.

Parallel to what had just happened, Pearl was commanding Vis and Sol effectively.

'Vis, shoot him down with Dragonbreath!' he shouted.

The Starly was hit by the energy and swooped low- Sol leapt quickly.

'Fury Swipes!'

'Char!' Sol grabbed hold of the Starly and began cutting at it with quick blows-as they were about to crash it jumped from it at the other Starly.

'Ember! Vis too, use headbutt!' Sol released fire from his mouth, burning the Starly's wings. It fell straight into the path of Vis's jump and was finished instantly. The two pokemon landed and cheered. Pearl thanked them and returned them.

Platina had easily managed to dispatch her foes- Plum the Piplup immobilized them with its Bubbles, while Peach the Pachirisu finished them with its powerful Spark attack. The three trainers high-fived, however Rowan was more serious.

'That was lucky,' he sighed, 'But we need to be more careful. And we didn't get Mesprit.'

The trainers mulled over the failure of their mission. However they were more cheerful on the way back to Twinleaf.

'You know,' Rowan commented, 'You two are very talented. How would you like to help me in my work?'

'What kind of work?' Pearl asked.

'Going around Sinnoh with the Pokedex, completing it. And of course there's also the gyms to conquer- the Pokemon league even! Platina here wants to win that, but she also wants to be a Coordinator,' Rowan explained.

Platina blushed 'Yeah, its a dream of mine to win the Master Contests in Hearthome.'

'Cool. But I'd prefer to be champion!' said Diamond.

'I'd like to win the Battle Tower!' said Pearl, 'Being champion means you're the best trainer in Sinnoh, but being the Tower Lord means you're the best trainer in the WORLD!'

'So then, boys , do you accept?' asked Rowan. Without hesitation the two boys responded.

'Oh yes, we accept!'

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A/N- Hope you liked it. Expect - Chapter Three- In Jubilife - soon! Please read and review!