CHAPTER TWO: THE MISSION
Lucas walked through the door and called out: "Mom! I'm home!"
"Hi, honey," Lucas's mom replied. "Did you have fun outside?"
"If you consider what I went through 'fun.'"
"Why what happened?"
Lucas told his mom everything that had happened from Professor Rowan to the pokemon battle to Dawn to Turtwig and then to the legendary pokemon.
"I see..." his mom replied as she took it all in.
"What should I do?" Lucas asked.
"I think you should do what Dawn said," his mom replied. "You should go to the Professor's lab in Sandgem Town tomorrow morning. But, first get a good night's sleep and Turtwig too, okay?"
"Alright!"
"TUR-TWIG!" Turtwig said in agreement, happily.
When Lucas woke up in the morning, he was ready to go to Sandgem Town.
"Hey Turtwig," Lucas said. "Ready to go?"
"Twig," Turtwig agreed.
After a light breakfast, Lucas said goodbye to his mom and the family's Glameow. The cat like creature was so beautiful with its long, spiral tail. The tail looked like a spring.
Lucas left at nine in the morning. The sun beat down on his red hat. The duo of human and pokemon walked out of Twinleaf Town with smiles on their faces.
Lucas and Turtwig came to Sandgem Town exhausted. They had gone through many battles from wild and trainer alike. Turtwig had gained a lot of experience and even went up a few levels. Turtwig even knew a new move, Razor Leaf. This move sent razor sharp leaves thrown at the foe.
Lucas walked up to a boy a little younger than him and asked him where Professor Rowan's pokemon lab was. The boy was nice enough to lead Lucas straight to the lab where Paul ran out the door into Lucas. THUD!
"Hey, Lucas. Slow as usual," Paul said. "I gotta keep my Chimchar! So, see ya!" Paul ran off.
Lucas walked in the door and saw Dawn at the entrance of the lab.
"Oh, Lucas, it's you," Dawn said, walking up to him.
"Hi, I saw Paul running out of the lab saying he got to keep his Chimchar. Is it true? Is the professor letting it slide?"
"Well, you just have to talk to the professor yourself."
"O-Kay?"
Lucas walked through the lab, only to see a couple people working in it. They looked similar to Dawn with their dark blue hair, so Lucas inferred that they were Dawn's parents.
Finally, he walked up to a person who looked very much like the professor who was at Lake Verity. Wait, Lucas thought. It is the professor.
"Hello? Professor Rowan? I'm Lucas. Lucas Diamond?"
"Hello," Rowan replied. He had a deep voice. Rowan turned around to look at the young boy.
"I'm here about my pokemon?"
"Oh yes, the Turtwig," Rowan replied. "Let me look at him." Lucas sent out Turtwig and Professor Rowan took a quick inspection of the pokemon.
"Well, your Turtwig looks like it has really bonded with you. If I'm correct it looks like it has come up a few levels as well."
"Yes and yes," Lucas said in agreement.
"Look, um, Lucas? I got a mission for you."
"A mission? What kind?"
"Have you ever heard of pokedex?" Rowan asked.
"No, I don't believe I have," Lucas admitted.
"It's a mini pokemon encyclopedia. I was going to give one to your friend, Paul, but he ran out the door before I got the chance to give it to him."
A voice so familiar to Lucas came from behind him. "I'm working on the pokedex, too." Dawn Pearl had walked up beside Lucas.
"Hold up!" Lucas cried. "I can't go out there without a pokemon. I can't just rely on more professors dropping their briefcases every time I encounter a wild pokemon!"
"That is why I'm entrusting you with Turtwig," Rowan said.
"You're serious? You're actually going to let me keep him?"
"Well, you can't fill up the pokedex in the wild without a pokemon to accompany you, can you?"
"No," Lucas replied.
"Then you got yourself a pokemon!"
"Mom! I got some great news!" Lucas Diamond said, bursting through the door.
"Hi honey, what's the big news?" Lucas's mom asked.
"I got to keep Turtwig! And I'm on a mission for Professor Rowan, to fill up a pokedex with tons of pokemon I encounter."
"That is great news," Lucas's mom replied. "Oh, I want to you to have this." His mom handed him a book of many blank pages.
"Why a book that's blank?"
"It's a journal that you can fill in, so you can bring it home full, and I can read about all your adventures."
Lucas's mom didn't know that everything that Lucas would bring home would be unbelievable.
"Thanks, mom, I'll start filling it in today."
"Okay, I'll see you later, bye!"
"Hey, Lucas!" Dawn called; she was waiting at the entrance of Sandgem Town.
"Hi?" Lucas replied. "What are you doing here? I thought you were filling up the pokedex?"
"I was..." Dawn replied. "But, I thought since you were new to it all, I could show you how it all works."
"Thanks," was all Lucas could say. He thought it was really nice for her to show him the runs on something totally new to him.
"Okay, not only would you want to see pokemon on the way, but you might also want to battle at gyms in certain cities," Dawn began. "There are no gyms in Sandgem Town. But, the nearest gym is in Oreburgh City. There you can battle Roark, the rock type gym leader."
Lucas quickly jotted everything down in his journal. "Okay, anything else?" Lucas asked.
"Yes, quite a deal more, but I'll tell you more things while you advance on your journey," Dawn answered. "Another thing I want to go over is catching pokemon." She held up a pokeball. "Catching pokemon creates complete data in your pokedex. When you just see pokemon, your pokedex will only record a picture, name, area location, and its cry."
Lucas quickly scribbled down more notes.
"While catching pokemon adds in a description of the pokemon, the height, and the weight. It also has a comparison to the pokemon's height and weight to yours," Dawn continued. "But back to catching, remember this: 'You can't catch trainer's pokemon.' It's impossible and it's rude. You can only catch wild pokemon. You could catch legendary pokemon, but I don't recommend taking legends from their habitats."
"Um, Dawn?" Lucas interrupted.
"Yes?"
"Do you know much about legendary pokemon?"
"Yes, very."
"Would you know what a legendary pokemon at Lake Verity would be?"
"What do you mean?" Dawn asked.
"When Paul and I were at Lake Verity, you know yesterday? After both you and Paul had left a giant wind came in the area. Then the lake opened up in the middle and an outline of what I think a legendary pokemon came out. Would you know what it was?"
Silence filled the town except the sound of the waves crashing gently into the shore at Sandgem Beach.
"Dawn?"
Silence again.
"Da-wn? Earth to Dawn?" Lucas asked waving his hand in front of Dawn's eyes.
"What?" Dawn replied, blinking as she escaped her sudden trance.
"If you don't wanna talk about it, I'm fine with that."
"No, I'll find... I'll find out later. Here..." Dawn handed Lucas five empty pokeballs. "Here's five pokeballs to start you out. I'll meet you at Jubilife City to see how you did. Okay?" Dawn rushed away with a worried look on her face. Just as Dawn was exiting the city she pulled out a cell phone, dialing a number so fast like the world was coming to an end.
"Hello? Professor? We need to talk."