Well time to get out. Pokemon and Nuzlocke is not owned by Phoenixacezero aka Zenfirebird. Pokemon is own by Nintendo and Gamefreak and Nuzlocke is owned by Nuzlocke. All OC are owned by me.

A grey-haired man wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and white vest, slams table with his in anger "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE NO CASINOS?!"

Across the table from where the man was is sitting at is a light brown hair woman with green eyes wearing baby blue lab coat, a white shirt and a medium length skirt. This woman was none other than Professor Juniper

"There hasn't been any since the U0-1M incident," she said calmly "You know what it is right, Drago?"

Drago let out a disappointed sigh "I've about heard of it. During the pokewar, exotic pokemon were smuggled into the country and were sold as prizes in casino. After the operation was exposed, it became illegal to open casinos in some regions."

Juniper nodded her head "I see you know your history. Now then You shall be working with me on my research on pokemon during your rehab. I already made arrangements for you to stay with a friend of mine. You will also be working with two other trainers. Since you pass the advance Pokemon Trainer test, you can choose to 1-3 starter pokemon."

The projector clicked off. As the curtain come to a close, Ace calmly walks onto stage.

"Welcome back," He gently bow "What you just saw was the scene from what original. For those who read the story, you know what happens. For those who haven't read that version or have simply forgotten here, basically, Drago meet his Pokemon. Later on, he meets Bianca, Cheren and Xion. After meeting N, he rescues the Shauntal from a terrible fate. Though it was an interesting scene, it just doesn't fit this version of the story. So how it will go now. Let's find out."

Ep1: Intertwining path

Nuvema Town. A calm seaside town on the southeast side of Unova. It's slogan- "The Start of Something Big!" Good place for people to start fresh in the region of dreams. Some come here to just start a peaceful life either alone or with a family, and for others, it was a start of a long journey. For me, it was home. I arrived at Professor Juniper's lab and waited for Bianca and the new trainer to arrive. Professor Juniper and her new assistant were going over some notes.

Her new assistant Xion was a young woman near our age. She had messy hair that was white her left and the other half was dark green. She was wearing a black lab coat with four gears on it, a light green shirt and a big matching bow on the back on her head, a pair of black pants, and a monocle in front of her right eye.

The starters were also doing their things. A Tepig with bushy yellow eye brow staring into space, a light purple furred Oshawott wearing bandana was polishing a small crystal ball, and finally a bluish green Snivy was staring back at me with an intense glare. I knew what it was doing. The snake pokemon was sizing me up.

The door swung open and a Bianca entered the lab and ran up to toward me. She was a young blond-hair lady about my age donning a green hat that look like the top of an Apricorn, an orange vest over a long white dress, a pair of red glasses similar to the one I used to wear.

"Sorry I'm late." she said sheepishly

"What took you so long, Bianca?" Cheren said sternly.

She nervously fiddled with her hat "I forgot to pack last night and then my dad came in and tried to convince me to not go."

"...I see."

I knew Bianca long enough to know a few things about her. One was her flighty personality first hand and second was her father. Bianca's father was overprotective of her and would freak out like Onix facing Kyogre over the minor things and anyone that were there would get an earful and sometimes forbidding them from seeing her. He almost prevented me, Hilda, and her twin brother Hilbert from seeing her after he stumbled upon us using his Pokemon in a practice battle. It was the two of them managing to convince him. He still the same, except he has more ammunition and Hilbert was one of them.

"Well we're glad that you didn't change your mind," Juniper smiled proudly, "That leaves Drago."

My gaze shifted as the door open and standing in front of the doorway was a gray-haired man wearing a pair of headphones. He was taller than me and Bianca, with our head only reaching to his shoulder, with a fit build. His outfit remind me of a croupier- a black sleeveless vest over a long sleeve grey shirt and a pair of grey slacks.

"Finally." She claps her hand together in joy "Cheren, Bianca, I like you to meet the trainer who will be working beside you. Will you please introduce yourself?"

"The name Drago Fortuna from Celedon City" He extended his hand out "I look forward to working alongside you all."

"Cheren Kuroteki," I took his hand and shook it "likewise."

Bianca grabbed Drago's hand and shook it hard "Hi. I'm Bianca Shirojitsu. What's it like in the Kanto region, how many Pokemon have you caught? Did you bring or are you starting fresh?"

I quickly intervened before Bianca caused Drago to become dizzy "Sorry about. She sometime can be a bit...energetic."

"I can tell." Drago quickly gather his senses "To answer your question

As Bianca sheepishly chuckle as Xion came up to Drago "I am Professor Xion. I'll be assisting Juniper with her lab and field work. I'll also be looking over your progress."

Professor Juniper walks up to us holding black rectangular device with a display screen on it and camera lens "Now with intro out of the way, lets get down to business."

"It for the Pokedex, right?"

"Correct," She answered "Due to the Pokemon Association putting a new law restricting to capturing only their first encounter and recent events, gathering data has been difficult. To remedy this, we modified it the Pokedex to record them in their natural habitat and upload them via Wireless. I want you to go around Unova and help me in the field. I will contact you from your Xtransceiver should I need your assistance and vice versa. Understand." They nodded calmly "Good. Now choose your Starter Pokemon for this Journey."

"Since I was the last one to arrive, why don't you two go first." Drago said calmly.

"If you insist," I looked at Bianca "Bianca why don't you go first and we'll..."

"Tepig!" Bianca ran over and hugged the small fire pig "Cheren can have Snivy and Drago can have Oshawott."

Me and Drago stood there dumbfound while the professor and Xion let a hearty laughed. "Hey, how come you get to pick out my Pokemon. Oh, never mind. I wanted this Pokemon anyways." The grass type snake flashed me a smile.

Drago looked over at the Oshawott "Look like you and me are going to partner." The Oshawott let out sigh as they stared at Tepig with envy.

"Good." Professor Juniper hand us a towns map and some Poke Balls "Take these Poke ball and a map of the Unova."

"Thank you."

And just like that my old life of watching from the sideline slowly come to a close and my life of a trainer began.

Ever since I was young, I would stare at the Pokemon on Route 1 and dream of this moment. Me and Cheren exploring every nook and cranny of this route and capturing Pokemon. And now I'm here. Free from that Ursaring excuse of a father. Suffocating me like I was still a baby. He even had the nerve of bringing up the Marvelous Massacre. So, I ran away. I'm going prove to him that I can become a strong trainer.

We decided to have a contest. Last one to catch a Pokemon before the reaching Striaton City, buys the winners lunch. Drago went first. Drago and his Oshawott manage to weaken it some, but the Lilipup escaped during Drago capture attempt and it was Cheren's turn. We watched as Cheren walk around the grass, when suddenly an oddly colored Patrat with blue eyes pop out of the grass. I heard about Pokemon like these before. Since the discovery of one at lake of rage, trainer have been looking high and low for them.

"Shiny!"

"Snivy use tackle!" Cheren said in avidly.

Snivy dashed toward the shiny. While it was charging Drago shouted, "Cheren tell it to stop!" We looked at him in confusion and before we could as why, we heard a splash and looked in shock. Cheren's Snivy's attack had launched into the river. The good news was that it had landed on a log. The bad news was that was Cheren's first encounter and it was floating. Cheren's jaw dropped as his mind tried to get a grip on the situation and one word escape his mouth.

"Fuck."

"Seem hopefully this isn't a bad sign of how well this journey going to be. Bianca, it's your turn."

I nodded my head and looked around the area till I found a Lilipup. I decided to risk it and toss a Poke Ball at it. It made contact and absorb it in. It shook three time and sound came from it. We all stood there awestruck.

"I...I caught it?..." I felt my heart skipped with excitement "I CAUGHT IT!" I ran over picked it up.

"Congrats on catching your first Pokemon, Bianca." Cheren praised me.

"And on the first ball no less." Drago said to me before making eye contact with Cheren, "Now which one going to catch the next one?"

"One way to find out. Let's train here a bit before heading out."

I looked at the Poke ball at the proudly. I did it. I caught my first Pokemon.

Accumula town. A quite hillside overlooking the Route 2. To some it was just normal town with very few little places of interest. But for trainers like me, it was small taste of the amazing sights in Unova. I waited at the Pokemon Center for my team to heal from the training we did on Route 1 and decided to call an old friend. The screen switched to video chat and a feed showed Hilda wearing clothes that reminded me of a brown sun hat and a trench coat.

Hilda is one of my best friends and the twin sister of Hilbert. Since we were kids, she acted as the big sister of the group and getting us out of trouble. Like that one time when we gotten chased by an angry pack of Patrat She had given up her title as champion last year to travel other regions. Last I heard, she was in the Sinnoh region training new Pokemon.

"Bianca." She said cheerfully "How are..."

"I'm finally a Pokemon Trainer!"

"Congrats!"

"I also caught a Lillipup on my first try and..with..out...weakening it."

"Holy Mew!"

"Yeah. So, how Sinnoh."

"About that." She adjusted her camera and what she showed me caused me to jump with glee. It was the sign for Castelia City.

I shouted in glee "Your back in Unova! YES, YES! Does that mean will get to see you tomorrow at Striaton City? We're having lunch."

A Frown spread across her face "Unfortunately, the Honchkrow I caught busted her wings when she got into a fight."

"...Oh."

"But don't worry. I should be able to meet up with you and Cheren when you reach Nacrene City."

Perked up a bit from that news "Alright. See ya soon."

Pokemon trainer people who confine them into Poke balls and turn them into dolls for their own amusement or fighting machine for some pointless title. It makes me sick thinking about it. But for the sake of Pokemon everywhere, I became one. Still I wasn't going to catch them. I was going to ask them to come along to the gym and release them.

"King N," The I turned around and Rosa. One our younger member to join Team Plasma along with her mother, she is passionate about our cause. When I first met, something I felt something that I shouldn't have- nostalgia. "The speech about to begin."

"Thank you, Rosa."

Rosa headed toward the plaza.

"What's going on?"

I look in the direction where it was coming from and saw a Purrloin on a rooftop of a worn-out house. I smiled at them and answered, "The first step toward a brighter future. Follow me."

I led them to a crowd swarming the plaza. Surrounded by the seas of people was Team Plasma. of on a freshly built stage. Most of them including Rosa and her mother wearing a powder blue and white outfit reminiscent of the knight of medieval Kalos with a shield marking with a Blue P on a shield for their coat of arm proudly on their chest. In front of them was Ghetsis wearing a white robe and a complex yellow and purple cloak held by a bronze shoulder pad that looked like a crown with blue rectangles. On his right eye was a red eyepiece. For all the years he raised me, he was a very convincing man with a silver tounge so sharp that it can convince even the stubbornest of drunks from not fighting. That why he took up the role of speaker. He was the one with the highest chances of convincing them.

"People of Accumula Town," He said in a calm voice, "My name is Ghetsis. I am here representing Team Plasma. Today, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to talk to you about Pokémon liberation," Bewilderment echo through the crowd "I'm sure most of you believe that we humans and Pokemon are partners that have come to live together because we want and need each other. However, is that really the truth? Have you ever considered that perhaps we humans...only assume that this is the truth? Pokemon are subjects to the selfish commands of trainers... They get pushed around when they are our "partners" at work, we give them away for our own greed and agendas, and we take advantage of their love for us to fulfill our own perverted lust... Can anyone say with confidence that there is no truth in what I'm saying?" I watched as crowd fell silent as they process his words, "Now, ladies and gentlemen, Pokémon are different from humans. They are living beings that contain unknown potential. They are living beings from whom we humans have much to learn. Tell me, what is our responsibility toward these wonderful beings called Pokémon? That's right! We must liberate the Pokémon! Then, and only then, will humans and Pokémon truly be equals."

From out of nowhere, a high-pitched taut voice said "Bullshit." I looked in the direction the voice coming from and see an Oshawott with a crystal ball and a grey-haired man that I assume it was her trainer. Beside them was a sophisticated young man that seem to be younger than him.

"Everyone, I end my words here today by imploring you to consider the relationship between people and Pokémon... and the correct way to proceed. We sincerely appreciate your attention."

After they packed up and left, I walked over to Oshawott's trainer "Your Pokémon... Just now, it was saying...I can't say because there kids here"

"I know what she said. It was about how full of bull Ghetsis speech was." He said nonchalantly.

I growled "Very funny...still you can't hear her voice...how sad."

"Just who are you?" said the black hair man.

"Ah how rude of me. My name is N."

"...Cheren."

"Drago. Now you said something about how we can't understand her. Are you telepathic or something?"

"No. I was taught Pokemon language at a really young age by my father and later some Pokemon."

Drago looked at me curiously "Really? Care prove that?"

"How so?"

Before Drago could say anything, Cheren rudely stepped in "Now hold it. You don't really believe that this man can talk Pokemon can he?"

"Cheren. I've seen ton of weird stuff. Him understanding would be vanilla for me. How about we use my Oshawott to prove your and skill."

I nodded my head in agreement. Still curious about one thing. How he was going to verify this.

"Good. First...well I never got your name. Why don't you tell us?"

"I doubt it matter, but I'll play along. My name is Gypsy."

"Her name is Gypsy."

"...Correct."

"This proves nothing." Cheren before pointing at Gypsy "She look like one for Arceus' sake."

Drago chuckled "Very well. Gypsy; why don't you speak your mind."

Gypys shrugged "Okay. Well to be honest I wish I was with that Bianca chick. I'm mean she look really cute, nice hip on her and energetic enough to keep anyone going all night long if they're lucky enough to get to third base."

I looked at Drago and notice that he had similar blush on his face as mine. My head went into overdrive from this "How?"

Drago pulled out a Pokedex "I alter this Pokedex into a translator to understand Pokemon. Right now, it's just..."

"Wait" Cheren said "I can see what going on here. This is some kind of con act"

I stepped back in surprise "Con act?"

"Yes. It's obvious that the two of you set this up as a way to get people into some sort of Ponzi scheme to invest in a fake product. Well I'm not falling for it, so drop it and before the Police arrest you for this and trust when I say that you don't want to see Professor Juniper angry."

Cheren left in a huff.

"Well I'll be seeing ya soon." He recalled Gypsy into her Poke Ball and ran to catch up with him. My mind raced what I just saw. As I gather my thought. Did I just meet someone who was trying or was he just a con man? Either way, he was interesting.

We waited in Champion Chamber for her to come. Grimsley was playing a game of cards with Marshal and Catlin was trying to stay awake. As for me, I was doing what I loved- writing. I was experimenting with different genres. I had some down pat like thriller and horror and suspense due to the help of my Ghost Pokemon. Fantasy was a breeze after I created some character based around my friends. There were some that I was still having trouble. One was finding the base for a detective. I tried looking to the other elite member, but they mind soon placed them into another role. And then there was romance. I had zero experience in it and most of the scenario I thought up of were too sappy and flat.

The door opened as our champion came in. Iris was a dark skin girl with purple hair with braided into a ponytail. She was wearing her casual clothes consisting of cream dress and a pink skirt over some white legging.

"Alright let's get down to business." She said as she took her seat, "As you all know, there been sudden increase of drug addiction here in Unova." We all nodded, "Well we just got a tip that it's coming from Striaton City."

"Striaton City. Does the Gym leader know about this?" Catlin asked

Iris shook her "He's been told about it and said that he's looking into it."

"So, what did you call us for?" Grimsley said nonchalantly.

"I want one of you to go in there and back him up in shutting this down."

I raised my hand "I'll go."

Iris looked at me "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"If it means keeping Unova safe then yes. Besides, this would make good source material for my works."

"Very well. I'll contact Chili and tell him you're on the way. I prepared "

I went into my chamber and grabbed my Pokemon from the desk drawer and prepared myself for this case.

Nighttime fell over Striaton City and my Honchkrow landed nearby the Pokemon Center.

"Thank you, Artemis." I recalled her into my Poke ball. I looked into the window and saw that no was there except for Nurse Joy. I hated it lying to Bianca about not being here, but I wanted to surprise them. I waited for this day to come. I had bought these

Before I could reach the Pokemon Center, I a saw shadowy figure with a cage. I decided to follow them all the way to the Dreamyard. The Dreamyard was once a lab conducting experiments on Musharana. Then one day the it blew up. As the man ascended the stairs saw I notice two other hooded figures on there. The first one look liked a thug, the second reminded me of someone. I pulled out my Pokedex and recorded their conversation. As I put it back into my pocket, I felt a jolt hit me and strange sensation course through me, before my world turned black. If only I knew of that I would be part of something big and of all the horrors I would put my friends and many others through.

"Drago Viso Fortuna I wonder how far will you and your friends will go? Will you shine brightly, or will you all become broken shells from the challenges that await you?"

To be continued

Author note: I was having a hard time uploading this. the chapter kept reverting to showing to showing the command text along with the story. Also yes I gave Cheren and Bianca last name which are a combination of what they represent in the game combine with the of Shiro(Bianca) and Kuro(Black)