A/N: Well here's the first real chapter of my story. Really don't have much to say.

© I do not own Pokemon but I do own the idea

Chapter 1

The Grass Realm.

One of the 17 Realms in the region.

In this realm, it was no doubt the most natural out of all the Realms. There were trees everywhere, casting down shadows everywhere except for those spots where the sun managed to leak through from the tree branches. With all the trees, it made the realm a hard place to go through due to there being high chances of getting lost. But since the grass types have been living under the rulings of the Grass Realm, they never tries to leave deeper into the forest. Of course, the realm never had any visitors from all the other realms. In fact, no one but the ruler knew about the mere existence of the other realms in the region.

Isamu opened his eyes to the sunlight that shone onto his face. He got up and looked around the isolation he called "home". He was used to waking up to only what he's been living with for the past years. 16 years to be exact. Ever snice he was a Karrablast. He had been living all by himself in the Grass Realm for as long as he could remember. For all he knew, he had no parents. He had to stay in his home inside a tree for as long as he could remember. Only it didn't matter. All the other pokemon who lived in the realm lived in trees too.

As he left, he looked around the Realm. Most of the other grass types were already awake and going off with their normal lives. He looked around the bushes for any berries he could have for breakfast. As he looked around, the same thoughts came to his mind like they did every day.

He knew how out of place he felt in the Grass Realm.

For one thing, he wasn't even a grass type.

He was an Escavalier.

Even the dual types in the village were at least part grass. He was a dual type pokemon as well but he wasn't a grass type. He was part bug and part steel.

Sure there were other pokemon who were bug types too like the Sewaddle, Swadloon and Leavanny and pokemon that were part steel as well like the Ferroseed and Ferrothorn. But they were at least part grass. Unlike him, not a part of him was of a grass type.

The fact he was different bothered him constantly. It shouldn't have bothered him though. It just happened to be that he was different than everyone else. But he was wondering how come he was in a Realm with only grass type pokemon. Why wasn't anyone else like him?

Well no one else seemed to care. And that was all that mattered to him. All the other grass types treated him like he was one of them despite the fact he wasn't.

Isamu looked around the berry bushes and stopped at one with many Razz berries. He took one off but before he could take a bite, he was unpleasantly surprised by a friend of his. "Hey Isamu!"

The young Escavalier immediately reacted and looked behind him. A Sceptile was standing behind him giving him that smile he always had whenever he just scared the daylight out of him. "Damn it Shinobu." said Isamu clearly annoyed "Can you stop doing that to me EVERY day! I swear to Arceus, one of these days you're gonna give me a heart attack."

Shinobu was laughing a bit. He then hit Isamu's arm playfully and said "Oh come on Isamu. You're too young to have a heart attack."

As he started walking around him, Isamu heard him mumble "Yet..."

He rolled his eyes annoyed. He had been friends with Shinobu since he was a Karrablast and he was a Treecko. Shinobu was the only true friend he had in the Grass Realm. They kept hanging out with one another every day. He knew how Shinobu meant well and always told him not to feel down about being different. Only he'd appreciate it more if he didn't have to welcome him by scaring him out of his wits every morning...

"So what are we doing today?"

Shinobu leaned against a tree while looking at his friend who was hesitantly look at what could be his breakfast. "I mean, we both need something to eat and the only thing this place's got is berries so?"

He took a Bluk Berry off a bush and said "After breakfast what's the plan Silver?"

Isamu glared at him and said "You know I don't like to be called that."

When Isamu had evolved into an Escavalier, Shinobu gave him a stupid nickname based on how he was covered in armor now. Silver... he said in his head I can't believe from all the possible nicknames, Shinobu would give me something that doesn't even match...

Shinobu only rolled his eyes and said "Yeah but I still think it has a nice ring to it. Kinda matches you really."

"I still fail to see how..." mumbled Isamu. Shinobu managed to hear him but he only responded by rolling his eyes.

Isamu took a bite from the Razz berry he had while he looked around for some other sort of berries, more notably Magost berries. As he did so, Shinobu took a bite from the Bluk Berry he had and said "Why don't you choose? You never chose what we did before. So I think it's a good idea to switch things up a bit."

"You know I can never think of anything that interests you." replied Isamu while he grabbed a Kelpsy berry.

"I know but still." said Shinobu as he finished the Bluk Berry "Like I said. Switch up."

There was an awkward silence between the two. Isamu thought about it then said "No, we can do whatever stunt you want to pull off."

"Oh don't worry." replied Shinobu "No stunts with me."

"Then what do you want to do?" said Isamu finally looking straight at his friend.

The Sceptile stayed silent for a while then said "I was thinking about checking out around the castle..."

Isamu froze for a moment. "You want to go to the castle?"

"Yeah." replied Shinobu. "Why?"

"Because there is no way we can find the castle without getting lost in the forest."

The castle was located somewhere deep in the forest but no one dared go any deeper in the forest. He knew that he didn't want to go into the forest ever again, especially after the last time they did. It was sometime after Shinobu had evolved into a Grovyle. He got this GREAT idea to go into the forest to look for something more interesting but they ended up getting lost. Fortunately, they managed to get out when Shinobu's dad found them but they both got into big trouble. Of course, he couldn't do anything about Isamu since he had no parents but Shinobu ended up being grounded for a month.

"I know we're not allowed near the castle" said Shinobu "But it's not like the guards are gonna find us, right?"

Isamu glared at him. Shinobu hated it when Isamu sent him that glare saying "I don't think we should do this". He sighed and said "Fine. Then if we shouldn't go what should we do? Play with the younger pokemon?"

He pointed towards the many smaller grass types playing. He knew what sort of point Shinobu was throwing out. They couldn't play with them since, one they were kids and two, most of them didn't even have arms. Isamu looked back straight at Shinobu and said "Okay. We'll go with your plan."

When he finally found some Magost berries, he grabbed one and said "But if we get lost and have to be saved by your dad again, then I'm not backing you up."

"We're 16." replied Shinobu "Nothing is going to happen to us."

Isamu only rolled his eyes annoyed. That's what he claimed only anything could happen to anyone, regardless of age. Of course, if he tried telling Shinobu that, he wouldn't listen to him. Shinobu was reckless and enjoyed discovering things and going on adventures. He did have those rare moments where he acted like an actual gentleman. In the meantime, he kept telling his best friend about the consequences of acting reckless. He was the careful one among the two of them. But he was also ignored on a regular basis since Shinobu enjoyed pulling off stupid stunts.

This time though, he could understand Shinobu was bored and deep inside, he also wanted to look around the forest to find the castle. Not many pokemon are sucessful due to the number of trees and such in the forest. But if they actually found the castle, he knew that they'd have problems getting throuth without being accused as bad pokemon. There have been rumors of bad pokemon attacking the other realms. He heard the security at the castle was really strict since all the guards wanted to protect the ruler.

Of course, he wasn't sure is Shinobu knew that. But he wouldn't listen so he'd rather him remembering that himself. Hopefully it would be before they actually find the castle. If they ever find it. Although he knew there wasn't any way they could find it in a place like the Grass Realm.

Right?

A/N: Okay... I'll be honest. I didn't have much of an idea of what I'd do for this chapter. I had a really hard time thinking of what to write. But of course, first chapters aren't always the best part of most stories.

Hopefully, I'll make the next chapter better.

Anyways, please review.