Chapter One

POV: Clark

1:00 PM

The first day of my adventure was pretty crazy. First I left for a cruise, then I met some other people, then the boat crashed... Oh, I appear to be getting ahead of myself. Perhaps I should start from the begining. My name is Clark Williams, and with the help of a few others, I'll be telling you what may sound like one of the most far fetched stories in the world, but you have to believe me. This all really happened.

Anyways, it all started when I left my home in the Hoenn region, with my best friend Geoff. We were running through the center of our small town, to the town pier. You see, Geoff and I were both going to a cruise. The boat was supposed to leave at one-thirty, so we had to get moving.

"Oh no, we'll miss the boat!" I whined.

"Well, maybe if you'd planned ahead a little more, we wouldn't have to sprint it," Geoff replied, annoyed.

"Ugh, I hate running!" I whined yet again.

"Do me a favor," Geoff said.

"What kind of favor?" I asked.

"Shut up."

After that amazing advice from Geoff, I decided to shut my face. We continued to run to the ship as fast as we could. We kept running until we got to the pier. Right next to the boat, a couple of girls that I had seen around here before were waiting. Geoff and I were running too fast to stop, and We both slammed right into the girls. I fell to the ground, while Geoff tripped and fell off of the pier. I looked over the edge to make sure he was okay. He was staring back at me with an expression of "You laugh, you die."

I turned to the girls, "Can either of you help me pull him out?"

The older looking one with silver hair answered, "Sure, just promise me you won't knock us over again."

"I promise I won't knock you over again." I answered.

"Okay, good!" she responded with a smile.

The girl and I both leaned over the pier, and we each grabbed one of Geoff's arms.

When we finally pulled him out, he stood up, grabbed the collar of my shirt, and said, "Never again."

"Whoa, easy dude! I didn't intend for you to fall off of the side!" I said.

Geoff stared at me with a murderous look in his eyes, then stormed off to the entrance to the cruise ship.

"H-hey! Where are you going? GEOFF?!" I called after him. He didn't seem to hear me in his rage.

I turned around, and sat down on the edge of the pier, with my legs hanging off of the edge. The only thought going through my mind was, "Damn it. I did it again."

I was so lost in thought, I totally forgot those two girls were right behind me. I nearly screamed when a voice spoke up behind me.

"What's his problem?"

I quickly turned around to see the silver-haired girl looking down at me, a huge smile on her face.

"GAH! Don't sneak up on me, please." I said.

"Sorry..." she replied, sadly, while putting her head down.

I noticed her lightning-fast mood swing. Did she just get depressd when I told her not to sneak up on me? I thought.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, I only told you not to sneak up on me, there's no need to get sad because of that," I said in my most apologetic voice.

She immediately perked her head up and smiled at me. "Thanks."

Uuh, okay, so that happened... I changed the subject, "So, what're you two doing out here?"

The other girl that hadn't spoken yet answered, "Oh, we're going on the cruise."

"What? Me too! I guess I'll be seeing more of you then," I responded. "Speaking of the cruise, I think that's where Geoff went. Uh, I gotta get going," I told them and then ran off towards the cruise ship.

When I got to the front of the boat, I saw Geoff waiting for me.

"There you are!" I said to him.

"Hello, Clark." he said, with a smile on his face.

"Uh, you seem happier..." I replied.

"Yeah, I calmed down," he said.

"Alrighty then, shouldn't we be getting onto the boat right about now?" I asked.

"Oh yeah..." Geoff answered.

"Let's go then." I said.

Geoff and I both walked up to the gangplank, where there was a man behind a counter.

"Hello there, do you have your tickets?" he asked.

"Yeah, I got mine," I said, and pulled a ticket from my backpack.

"I have mine, too," Geoff said, as he pulled a sopping wet ticket from his bag.

The man behind the counter shot Geoff a weird look, and took our tickets. "Alright, you're good to go." he said. "Enjoy your cruise in the HMS Griffin!"

"Thanks!" Geoff and I both said. We boarded the ship and found our ways to our rooms.

"I'm gonna go to my room and relax," I said to Geoff.

"Okay," said Geoff, "I'm gonna go take a shower and change out of these wet clothes."

"...I'm so sorry about that..." I said with a sad look on my face.

"Everything's fine, let's just not talk about it anymore, okay?" Geoff said with a very assertive tone.

"Alright, I'll see you later then," I told him. I entered my room and turned on the TV.

Aah, this is gonna be nice. I thought. Little did I know, things were going to take a drastic turn in the next few days...

A/N: Here's chapter one for ya. Who is this Clark guy, and why is he important? Why will the boat crash? Will everyone be okay? Why are there going to be more drastic turns in the next few days? And, what the hell does all of this have to do with the prologue!? Stay tuned to find out.