Chapter one- intros, i suppose.

A/N: thank you so much to SoujaGirl and Claroosoo for submitting their OCs. don't be alarmed by the fact that they're barely mentioned, i just had to find a way to introduce them. they'll be in almost every chapter, i promise. from now on, I'll try to add a new chapter every one to two weeks. i don't own Pokemon. anyways, on to the story!

Eight year old Landon Rikuya and his mother, Lorelei Rikuya, were sadly waving goodbye to their best friends, who were leaving for the Hoenn region. Tawni, Tanni and Tommi Rua had been Landon's neighbours and best friends for as long as he could remember. Now they were moving to a whole other region. Great.

Once the boat was completely out of sight, the two went to their house on the outskirts of Sunyshore city. It was already eight o' clock, so they had dinner, and Landon soon fell asleep. The next morning, he eight-year-old woke up to the sounds of moving vans. Brushing his dirty blond hair out of his eyes, he padded over to his window to see what was going on. What he saw made his hazel eyes widen in shock. "Hey, Landon? Landon?" asked Alex, waving her hand in front of his face, "you okay?"

Said boy's train of thought was broken. "Lexie?"

"Yeah, it's still me," she laughed. The sixteen-year old made it seem as though she had just discovered layering- she wore a light green tank top under a black wife-beater, which was in turn under an almost white racer back-style tank. Over that, she had a dark brown cross body bag, with her pokeballs attached to the strap. She had paired all of that with simple charcoal shorts and white and green shoes. Her hairstyle was now constant- a high ponytail with a few strands left out to frame her face. (think dawn's contest hair but without the clips) Landon noticed that her hair was tied back with something familiar.
"Hey, Lexie, is that the hairtie I gave you when we were eight?" he asked. She couldn't possibly have kept it for that long, he thought. In response, a light blush broke out on her face. "It is?"

"Yeah, it is. I never take it off," she admitted, with her head down.

The eight year-old pointed to himself as he said, "I'm Landon!"
The girl in front of him smiled. "I'm Alex."
The two had just begun to talk when her mother called her over. She ran over and after a hug and a quick chat, she came back. "Hey, Landon, guess what?" asked the girl, beaming.
"What?"
"My mommy said she could take us to the park!"
"Really?"
"Yeah," she yelled, pointing at the two women, "look!"
It was true; both their mothers were walking over. "Okay, just let me go get something from my room," he said, running back into his house. A few minutes later, he came out, dressed in a bright green shirt and a pair of shorts. He was holding a bucket and two shovels, as well as a pink hairband with a red heart on it.

"I see you've changed, too," she remarked. The ex-scrawny boy was now tall and muscular. His clothes were still simple, though, being nothing more than a green and black t-shirt and a pair of jeans. A light brown backpack, a lavender belt, and gray and white sneakers were his only accessories. He had a different hairstyle, too. "Where's your rat tail, Landon?" she asked, laughing.
"Shut up, Alex."
She giggled, but stopped. In front of them stood a tan boy with hair the colour of gold. He's gorgeous, Alex thought, silver eyes widening, and look at that Swampert, I think it's stronger than mine! It was then that she realised that Landon had challenged him to a battle. Alex jogged over, standing beside her longtime friend. She heard the unknown boy decline.

"Come on," she exclaimed, "when two trainers meet, they battle!"

"...no," he replied, "just go back to whatever you and your boyfriend," he spat the last word, "were doing."

The sixteen-year old's usually silver eyes were practically red, just like her face. How dare he say that! Landon gripped her tiny waist to hold her back, causing him to blush.

They're obviously together, anyway, thought the other boy as he turned away and angrily stalked off.

A/N: did you understand what was going on? the page breakers are the indications that I'm flipping from past to present. also, my word's still down so sorry if there are any grammar or spelling mistakes.

Timmi, Tanni and Tawni Rua belong to SoujaGirl.

Broly Banes (unknown boy) belongs to Claroosoo.

Thanks for reading!

-Rose