Nuvema Town was a small, peaceful town that lay in southeastern Unova Region. The town was a quiet, friendly little village, surrounded by grass lands and forests. It was bathed in green in the spring and summer, bathed in orange and golden leaves in autumn, and bathed in glistening snow during the winter. The population was small, but thriving, living underneath their neighbors who lived in the larger Accumula Town.

Nuvema was a small town, so it was no really surprise that news got around fast. A few months ago, a family moved out of Nuvema and went off to another city. Their house remained their for six months without any buyers, and that For Sale sign on the front lawn, as if to mock the former owners. Then, one day, a man and his wife appeared and looked over the house. Weeks later, Nuvema residents woke up to see the ever-mocking For Sale sign was gone, replaced with one that read "Sold!"

The Miller family was moving in.

The Millers hailed from Pallet Town in Kanto, far, far away from anything or anyone in Unova. They were a small, but very close family. Word spread like wildfire about them, about how far they had come to live in Unova. Rumors were wild and rampant as well, some of them saying that they were a family of criminals, and that they left Kanto to avoid being arrested.

The truth was nothing like the rumors, naturally. The Millers were not criminals. They were as nice a family as one could find. It was a small family, but very close knit. They loved one another, cared for one another, and they stuck together through thick or thing, in rain or shine.

The Millers moved in late September. Autumn was well underway when the blue minivan drove up, followed by a large moving truck, and the Sold sign was pulled from the earth and tossed to the side of the curb. The van was unloaded, and family happily settled in.

The Miller family consisted of five members. Bradley Miller, the patriarch, Sally Miller, his loving wife, Pappy Miller, Bradley's father... and then there was Tony and Lucky...

"Dragonite, use Hyper Beam!"

"Lucky, dodge it!"

A massive Dragon-type Pokemon roared in rage, his body covered in scratches and bruises. Snarling at his much smaller opponent, he opened his mouth and unleashed a Hyper Beam straight for her.

His opponent, however, was faster and more agile, and dodged the energy attack easily. The Dragonite's eyes widened as the second Pokemon sailed towards him, her white wings flapping rapidly, carrying her violet form towards him.

"Alright!" the second trainer cried, a confident grin crossing his face. "Now while he's recharging, girl! Use Psychic and wrap this up!"

"Dragonite, watch out!" the first trainer cried.

But it was too late: the purple Pokemon unleashed a powerful blast of psychokenetic energy. The blast sailed through the air and struck the Dragonite in the face. With a groaning roar, the best went down, kicking up dust in his wake.

The referee shouted those words, those words he had waited to hear for years: "Dragonite is unable to battle! Lance is out of usable Pokemon! The winner, and new champion is... Tony Miller of Pallet Town!

The crowd went wild, cheers and cries filling the air at the young man who had defied everyone's expectations: A Bug Catcher was the new champion!

He went to see his family standing there, tears of joy in their eyes.

"I'm so proud of you..."

"You were amazing out there!"

"You made the family proud, kiddo!"

"I can't believe I left you... I'm such a horrible mother... I was so stupid to not see how strong you really are..."

The crowd chanted and cheered, shouting his name like a mantra: "Tony! Tony! Tony...!"

"Tony... Tony!"

"Mmm? Eh?"

"Wake up! We're here!

A pair of electric blue eyes slowly opened, followed by a groggy moan. "W-we're here?"

"Yeah, kiddo! Stop lazin' around! We've got work to do!"

"Oh..."

The boy gave a groaned as he rubbed his arms, which were very sore. Sleeping in the front seat of a car all night had that effect.

"Come on, up and at 'em. You got to sleep, kiddo, but I got to drive for six hours. I wanna go to sleep too, so let's get inside. Besides... it's chilly out here."

The doors to the blue mini-van slid open, and two males, one elderly and one barely out of childhood, stepped out. The elder was a bitter looking old man, with white hair, a wrinkled face, and a dark blue sweater and jeans. The second, was a young man, fourteen years of age, with blonde hair and icy blue eyes, wearing a yellow sweater and a pair of blue jeans of his own. A cold, autumn wind blew at his back, ruffling his golden hair and giving him a small shiver.

"Well, here we are, Tony my boy... Nuvema Town."

The young man, Tony Miller, Bug-catcher extraordinaire, looked around the small town. He wasn't surprised at all with its appearance: while he had been born in Celadon City, one of the largest cities in Kanto, he had spent most of his life in Pallet Town, and he only occasionally visited Viridian City and Pewter City, and neither of those had buildings that exceeded three stories. Tony, however, enjoyed small towns like Pallet. There was something about the simpleness, the rustic nature that he found charming. Simple homes with white picket fences and shingled roofs, topped with red brick chimneys, many of which were pouring warm smoke and sweet scent of burning wood into the air. The town was surrounded by a small forest, and a small dirt road known as Route 1 led to the cities and towns beyond Nuvema.

It was relatively early in the morning when they arrived in the town. The sun was out, but the sky was dark blue, and the air was frigid. The ground was covered in brown, yellow and orange leaves, the grass was browned by the blistering cold. It was early autumn, but it felt like early winter.

Tony breathed in the cold autumn air, and a small smile crossed his face. "Nice place..." he said, finally, enjoying the fresh smelling air. He had seen pictures of the house, but he had never been to either it or Nuvema before.

"Yeah, yeah," Pappy said with a grunt as he popped open the trunk. "Better than Pallet, that's fer sure..." He hoisted his briefcase out from the back, and then Tony's, handing it to the blonde as he walked past him towards the door to their new home. "Wake Lucky up and then come inside," the old man ordered. "It's chilly out here..." he added with a shiver.

Tony smiled and hoisted his briefcase up. "Aye aye," he said with a salute. "I'll be in in a jiffy!"

"You do that," Pappy said with a nod. "Hurry up - I'm sure your aunt's made her famous hot chocolate." With that, the old man walked up the house and opened the door, walking inside.

Tony smiled as he poked his head back in the mini-van. A small female was fast asleep in the back seat, wrapped in a red, patched blanket, snoring quietly as she slept.

"Come on, girl," Tony said, shaking her. "We're here."

A pair of ruby eyes slowly opened, and a chirping sound answered him. "Breeeeh?"

"We're here!" Tony repeated. "Come on, girl, let's go!"

With a yawn, the female sat up, and her silvery wings began to flap, lifting her off her seat. She gave a chirp of glee as she flew out of the van, tugging the red blanket behind her. The Butterfree circled Tony, happily stretching her stiff wings before landing on his head and draping the blanket over his eyes.

Tony laughed as he picked the Butterfree from his head, rolling her blanket around his arm. "Glad to see you're enthusiastic, too!" the young man said. "Come on, let's go in, girl."

"Breeeeh!"

Tony stood in front of the new Miller family home. It wasn't much different from their home back in Kanto: a small house with shutters and a blue roof. The brick chimney was puffing smoke into the air, and warm lights were coming from the windows. "Nice place," the blonde said to Lucky.

"Breeeeh..."

Tony smiled and patted the Pokemon on the head. "Don't worry girl, I miss Pallet Town, too."

"Breeeh."

"Don't worry, we'll get used to in eventually. Let's go inside. I'm starving!"

"Breeh!"

Tony grabbed the silver door knob and gave it a twist. The door to the house slowly opened, a portal to a warm, cheery place. The house was already put together and furnished. As Tony walked inside and down the front hall, he passed by photographs lining the walls, of him and his family in the past, and all the little happy events that made up their life together: Tony's first birthday in their old home, that time they formed a barbershop quartet together and won the talent show, the time they went to Pewter City to look for fossils in Mt. Moon, their first Christmas together, all of those happy memories all on the wall. Nostalgia washed over Tony as he walked down the hall, nervously approaching the living room.

The living room was almost identical to the living room in Kanto. Green couch, cozy armchairs, a family portrait over a crackling fireplace, and best of all, Tony's one and only family.

"Tony! There you are!"

A bruenette rose from her seat, wearing a white skirt and a peach colored sweater. She swiftly made it over to the boy and gave him the patented Aunt Hug of Death. "I missed you sooooo much!" the woman said.

"I'm fine, auntie," Tony laughed. "It was just a car trip! I wasn't gone that long!"

Aunt Sally kissed her nephew on the head. "Oh, but it felt like ages!" she said. "Come, sit down! I've made you and Lucky some cocoa!"

"Breeeh!" chirped Lucky happily. She flitted over to her usual spot on the couch and curled up in her blanket, happy to be inside the warm house.

"Have a seat!" Sally said, handing Tony a steaming mug of cocoa and swiftly escorting her beloved nephew to the couch. Pappy was already there, too, enjoying a cup of his own cocoa, happily resting in his favorite chair.

Tony sighed happily as he sat down. "Ahh... I forgot how much I like this couch..." he said, happily.

"Every couch feels better after a long car trip like that!" agreed Pappy. "Even in Unova, the traffic is awful... Where's Bradley?" he asked, looking around.

"Yeah, where's Uncle Brad, auntie?" Tony asked.

"Coming!" a voice from upstairs shouted.

A dark haired man wearing a green sweater swiftly hurried down the stairs. "Heya, sport," he told Tony with a grin. "Oh, hey, dad," he told Pappy.

"'Hey dad'?" Pappy said incredulously. "I drive your nephew for six straight hours in horrible traffic and all I get is 'hey dad'?!"

Brad sighed. Pappy was notoriously difficult to please. "Sorry, dad," he said, trying not to roll his eyes.

Pappy nodded. "You should be," he said.

Tony decided to change the subject. "So..." he said, "everything's here?"

"Yup!" Sally said. "The moving men put everything exactly where I wanted them to!"

"We didn't do anything with your rooms, though," Brad said. "We thought that you should be the ones to decorate them. But we do have all of your stuff up there, so feel free to put it together when you're ready!"

"We will," Tony said. "After cocoa time, that is..." He took a long sip and smiled.

"Breeeh," chittered Lucky, sipping out of the small bowl happily.

This was how the Millers acted on a regular basis, as hard as it seemed to believe for most. In a day where snarky kids were the height of humor on TV, and where divorce and broken families were more commonplace, the Millers seemed to be a bunch of goody-two-shoes, if you'll excuse the term. That wasn't true, of course. They weren't perfect: they had flaws, they had problems: and Tony probably had the largest of all.

Zero. That was the number of human friends he had back home, and how many he had now as well. Tony was not Brad and Sally's child. He was their nephew. His mother had left him with them when he was six, and she had never come back for home. Pallet Town was small: word got around fast, and the word was that Brad and Sally had a six year old child with them, who did not belong to them. Sally never told any of her neighbors where Tony's mother was, or why she had left him with them. Rumors spread swiftly, and none of them were flattering. Growing up, Tony had no human friends. Children were told by their parents in town to avoid him, and every housewife whispered when they saw him pass. Tony did have his uncle, his aunt, and Pappy, of course, but he had never played a game of tag with another child, nor hide and seek, or any such game children loved. He was constantly alone, in a whole new town with no one to play with.

Then he met Lucky.

The then Caterpie changed his life for the better. Lucky became his best friend, and his partner. They did everything together, and as Tony grew to love the Bug-type like a younger sister, he grew to love all Bug-types. When he was eight, he became a Bug-catcher, and would spend hours on end training in the Viridian Forest, testing his wits and skills against other Bug-catchers. He made a solemn vow as a child never to train any other kind of Pokemon other than Bug-types, a vow that he had kept for eight years of his life. Finally, he had a hobby. His life was looking up, and he was happier and more enthusiastic, despite his lack of human friends.

Then, one day, Uncle Brad was transfered to Unova, to work as an archeologist there, underneath Pokemon Professor Juniper. Uncle Brad was hardly surprised that this day would come. He had worked for Professor Oak in the past, and now he was to work for the newest Professor. However, that would mean either A: Moving his entire family to Unova, or B: Leave to Unova, rent an apartment, and speak only with his family via telephone and email, and rarely actually seeing them. Well, there was also C: Quit, but that wasn't a very good choice. Thankfully, the Millers had little love for their neighbors, and little to stay behind for, so they left for Unova, a new land.

Tony would miss Viridian Forest, and Pallet Town as well, but something about Unova excited him. Maybe it was because he knew very little about it, or maybe because of how huge and amazing the land was. Simply driving there, even at night, had been very impressive. The bright lights of distant cities, the huge oaks towering over the earth, and this clean, fresh air felt great on the lungs. Not to mention the Bug-Pokemon. Tony loved Bug-types more than any other, and as such was always studying the ones found in other regions other than Kanto. He knew much about Unova's Bug-types: the massive Scolipede, the gentle Leaveanny, the shocking Galvantula...

Of course, he always had his number one girl, Lucky, with him, no matter what Pokemon were out there. Still, despite his love for Bug-types, he never went on a journey, and for whatever reason, he didn't plan on going on one.

Fate, however, has a nasy habit of deciding things for you, doesn't it?

Author's Note:

Well, in this chapter, you got to meet Tony, and hopefully got a look at his and his families' personalities. Don't worry, they'll be all getting more time and much more time to develop! Tune in next time to see our favorite female Professor, Professor Juniper herself, and see Tony get into a world of trouble... wait, he's in trouble in chapter 3? Wow, this kid is a troublemaker...

Anyway, new Pokemon next chapter! Please review this story, and tell me what you think that Pokemon will be! Remember, the more reviews I get the faster I'll probably update!

Also, something else I'm doing is showing Tony's current Pokemon in his party, and their abilities and moves. So, here we are:

1: Lucky, female Butterfree

Special Ability: Compound Eyes

Moveset: Silver Wind, Confusion, Sleeping Powder and Dream Eater.