(Crystal's POV)

I woke up early the next morning, feeling like I was being watched. I sat up and looked around but didn't see anything. As I started to lay down, something on my dresser caught my eye.

"What the...?"

I looked at my dresser and saw a pokeball. Thinking I was seeing things, I reached out and picked up the red and white ball. It felt weightless but...I could sense life inside.

"Connor!" I yelled, running out of my room and met my brother in the hallway. He was also holding a pokeball.

We stared at each other for a moment, before we heard Dad yell from downstairs. "Crystal Jade and Connor James, get down here!"

"Uh-oh..." we both whispered as we went downstairs to the living room where Dad was.

He wasn't the only one there, though. Christian, Celeste, aunt Coco, and uncle Crash were also there...all holding pokeballs.

I held my hands up in front of me in defense. "Ok, I can explain."

"Celeste and Christian told us everything..." Dad said.

Connor and I just stepped back a bit, a bit ashamed of our childish behavior. It was silent while we all just stared at each other, wondering what to do next.

"Well, how about we find out what Pokemon are in these pokeballs?" Christian said almost excitedly as he pushed the button on the front of his pokeball to make it bigger.

We all followed Christian out to the back yard and watched as he threw the pokeball into the air. The pokeball came open and a red light came out, and then the light formed into a Zubat. Christian looked slightly upset, but cheered up once the little bat Pokemon landed on his head.

"Do you think we'll all have basic evolutions?" Celeste asked, looking at her pokeball.

"Only one way to find out." I replied as everyone, minus Christian, enlarged our pokeballs and threw them into the air.

A bunch of red lights were in front of us, and each eventually formed as a different Pokemon. Aunt Coco's Pokemon turned out to be a Shinx, she immediately picked up the little electric type and started cuddling it. Uncle Crash ended up with a Pidgey, which landed on his shoulder and started pulling on one of his ears with its beak. Dad had received a Machop, the fighting type seemed to be admiring its new trainer. Celeste was now the trainer of a Ralts, she gently bent down to feel the red horns on the Pokemon's head which it actually allowed her to do. Connor had a Torchic, which was currently running around his feet and chirping happily trying to get my brother to play. My Pokemon was a Riolu, and I immediately squealed out of happiness as the little Pokemon jumped up into my arms.

"I can't believe it! Pokemon!" I twirled around with my Riolu, causing it to grin.

I looked at my family and they were giving me strange looks. I stopped and just stood there holding my Pokemon, embarrassed.

"So...how about a battle?" I asked.

"Oh, you're on!" Christian said eagerly.

Everyone moved out of the way, with the exception of Connor and Celeste. They each took a side, Celeste with me and Connor with Christian.

"Boys against girls!" Celeste said.

Our Pokemon all stood in front of us, ready to battle. Our parents stood by and watched.

I then started to see things similar to the battle screen in the games. I could see a list of what moves my Riolu knew and how much health it had, as well as the gender...which was female. From the looks on the guys' and Celeste's faces, they could also see something similar.

After a moment of silence, Christian decided to make the first move. "Zubat, use wing attack on Ralts!"

As the Zubat came in for its attack, the little Ralts ducked out of the way.

"Ralts, use Psybeam!"

"Zubat, dodge and try wing attack on Riolu!"

Zubat dodged the Psybeam and went straight for my Riolu.

"Riolu, use Quick Attack to dodge!"

My Riolu barely dodged as she was hit by an Ember attack from Connor's Torchic.

"Riolu, use scratch on Torchic!"

My Riolu landed her attack, then was knocked over by Zubat's tackle attack. Zubat was then knocked to the ground by a Magical Leaf attack from Ralts. Ralts then used confusion, causing the Zubat to become confused and flop around on the ground.

Christian facepalmed and withdrew Zubat from the battle, giving up. Celeste and I then teamed up against Connor.

Ralts used magical leaf and Torchic dodged, then Riolu landed a successful Quick Attack. Torchic then hopped up and used Scratch on Riolu.

Having enough and knowing that the battle would end in an argument, our parents made us stop.

My Riolu ran back to me and jumped up into my arms again, Connor's Torchic doing the same to him. Celeste picked up her Ralts and held it like a baby, which it seemed to enjoy. Christian released his Zubat and it landed on his head.

"Let's go for a walk and see if anything else has changed." Celeste suggested, to which us other three agreed.

Our parents allowed us to go, spending some time with their Pokemon.

As we walked, some things were different. Everyone we saw had a Pokemon of some kind. There was a Pokemon Center built in to the local clinic now, and stores now sold care supplies for Pokemon.

"I'll have to get some shopping done tomorrow, once I count out the money I earned from that part-time job I've been working with." Connor said as we headed home, Celeste and Christian had went inside to use their allowance money to get some things.

"Yeah, me too." I agreed, carrying Riolu. "Working part-time at the diner doesn't pay much but hopefully I can buy Lulu some food and stuff."

"Lulu?" Connor asked.

"My Riolu! She needs a name, after all!" I smiled as Lulu climbed up onto my shoulders and started playing with my ears.

"I'll think of something for my Torchic, I just wanna go rest and spend some non-battle time with him."

We took our Pokemon home and went to our rooms. Lulu jumped on my bed and hid under my blanket, sticking her little head out and smiling at me.

I smiled back. "You're a happy little lady, aren't you?"

I picked Lulu up and cuddled her. I'd always wanted a Pokemon and now I have the baby evolution of my favorite. Lulu had closed her little eyes and went to sleep.

"I'm not going to make you stay in your pokeball..." I whispered as I placed Lulu on my pillows.

I covered up my sleeping Pokemon and layed down next to her. It was silent as I thought of what to do, then I got up and got my jar of money off my dresser to count it.

"This should be enough to buy Lulu some stuff..."

I was prepared to take care of this Pokemon, no matter what happened.