Prologue

"So, where are we going now?"

"Somewhere. C'mon, we have to find a way to stop this once and for all."

"This has happened before, hasn't it?"

"Correct. Only different."

Rolling its eyes, the darker figure said:

"Let's go into the portal, okay? To the time where it began. You understand?"

"Geez, you think this would never happen again-"

"Shut up and let's go!"

"Okay, okay."

The two warped into the portal, unaware of the horror they faced inside…

Chapter One-Your Average Beginning

"Help…" a voice whimpered.

A Pokémon lay on the beach, looking at the sky.

"Ah, so pretty…need to find…parts…."

It passed out.

Meanwhile, a Torchic stood near a strange tent, pacing.

"Why? Why, why, why, why, why? Doesn't anyone want to form a team with me? I could probably beat half the trainees in this stinking guild! It's like no one wants to be my friend or they're all lazy or something. I train in that cave, in that dojo, any mystery dungeon I find, and I can't form a team!"

Sighing, the Torchic then said:

"This sucks. I'll go to the beach to train. Again. Alone."

Torchic started walking to the beach, disappointed.

"Dear Arceus, please, please, please help me get a recruit in that cave or something," she prayed. "Please!"

After a while, Torchic made it to the beach. It was a long, treacherous walk, from the bluffs to the beach. Too bad she didn't have an Explorer's Badge to warp her there, and that she couldn't do the other bajillon mazes in that dojo-

"No, stop making yourself angry," she thought to herself. "That makes it worse."

As Torchic ran across the beach, to the Training Cave, she saw a blue figure on the beach.

"Is that a Pokémon?" asked Torchic, glancing at it. She walked a little closer to it and saw that it was.

"It is a Pokémon!" she exclaimed happily. "Hey, wake up!" she said, voice bursting with glee.

"Ugh…where am I?" it moaned.

"The beach! You're at the beach! C'mon, what's your name? Tell me!" she pleaded.

"Uh…my name? My name is…uh…"

"Severe case of amnesia or something?"

"I guess…No wait, I remember now! My name is Nate. Yours?" he said, thinking she was, well, slightly crazy.

"My name is Casey," she replied. "You wanna form an exploration team?"

"What's that?" he inquired of Casey, the crazy Torchic.

"You don't know? Well, an exploration team is a team that explores places, of course, and rescues other Pokemon, and captures outlaws. My goal," she said proudly, "is to catch at least two 'star rank' outlaws before the year ends."

"Sounds dangerous." replied Nate.

"It really couldn't be that bad," assumed Casey. "Wanna train with me in this dungeon and form a team or something? Seems like you have nothing else to do."

"No, I have to look for something. Problem is-"

"You forgot what it was? Thought so," Casey guessed smugly, knowing she was right. "So, you in or not?"

"Well, she's kind of weird, but perhaps I'll remember what I was doing if I joined her. Maybe. Sure, why not?" he thought. "Okay, then, it's settled. You win. I join you."

"Suh-weet!" Casey cheered. "Let's go into the cave, now!"

And off they went, to start many new adventures and friends…

End Chapter One

(A.N.-And that is the beginning of their adventures! What will Casey and Nate do in the cave? Please review!)