I've had quite a lot of time on my hands, so I've managed to put up three chapters. Please bear with me here. I promise you the second season will be much more promising. Please leave a review if you can!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Pokemon Company, or anything else mentioned in this chapter.

Chapter 2: The Dream Begins

The Dodrio raised his head at the rising sun. All three of its heads bent their necks back and took a deep breath. At the same time, they all belched a squawk to signal the start of the day, much to Scarre's disdain. She was known for oversleeping, and to drown out the alarm, she covered her head with her white, rectangular pillow.

I swear I will wring that stupid Dodrio's necks: all three of them, Scarre thought groaning.

Solana bounced up and down on her new trainer's torso. "Wake up! The sun is shining brightly today like any other day! Today's a very special day though!" she announced in a sing-song voice.

"Oh crap, I nearly forgot! We gotta go to Professor Maple's lab to pick up our Pokedexes!" Scarre exclaimed, sitting up straight on her bed. This caused Solana to topple off of the bed, but luckily, she used her bushy tail as a cushion and landed lightly on the cream, carpeted floor.

"Gee, I don't know why you need a Pokedex. I could just tell you my level, moves, and whatever else," Solana wondered.

Scarre swung her legs over the side of her bed and crossed her arms. She cleared her throat. "You have little to no knowledge about becoming a trainer, do you? It's our license to say that we're legal trainers and are willing to take up the responsibility of our Pokemon," she lectured with her index finger up.

Solana cocked her head to the side. "Oh, right… I so knew that." Scarre shook her head, sighing. She slid off her bed, and quickly changed into her day clothes: a pair of light blue jeans, red t-shirt with a white, feathered wing printed onto it with some of them drifting down, and a royal blue jacket which had white cuffs, zipper, and striped designs. She dashed off to the bathroom to brush her teeth and complete the rest of her morning routine. She brushed her teeth with Solana at her side. "Hey, what're you doing?"

"It's called brushing your teeth," Scarre said after spitting out the toothpaste.

Solana stifled a laugh. "You have white, foamy stuff all over your mouth!"

Scarre sweat dropped. "I'm supposed to…" Solana shrugged and then continued to watch her trainer do her morning routine. Scarre picked up her black brush and ran its bristly teeth through her dark chocolate hair. Solana blinked at her patiently.

Scarre burst out of the bathroom as soon as she was done. As her parents would say, she had little to no patience at all and could learn a valuable lesson or two from Zelex. Where was he anyways? She kept her mind busy though, packing away items she would need for their Pokemon journey. Solana tried to be helpful by bringing items that she thought would be useful. It took fifteen minutes to finish packing. By the time she was done, her red and white backpack was filled with a first-aid kit, an extra set of clothing, hygienic items, a pencil with a notepad just in case, and other important things. She pulled her purple sleeping bag out from the disaster she called her closet. A pillow wasn't needed since it was attached to the sleeping bag. Scarre clipped it to the top of her backpack where it was meant to be carried. She set her backpack down on the ground and brushed her hands together. "All done!" she exclaimed with relief. Then she slipped it onto her back, and to her amazement, it was surprisingly light. She glanced at the clock which read seven-thirty. She had forty-five more minutes left, and it took less than ten minutes to walk to Professor Maple's lab. Despite the fact that she was on schedule, she was as hasty as usual, and nearly forgot to take Solana's Pokeball with her. Solana had to remind her.

Scarre slipped the shiny white and red ball into her pocket. Then she looked at the Eevee. "Solana," she began, "you never told me why you're able to speak and… carry things with your paws. You shouldn't be able to do either of those."

Solana shifted about uncomfortably. "You see, Atra and I came from… an experimenting facility. We're both experiments, but we escaped from there. When the two of us were still Poke-eggs, the scientists there injected us with human brain DNA. Instead of giving us human-like features, it increased our brain power, and we gained the IQ of a human being. We were taught how to speak, just like babies would, but we already knew how to use our 'thumbs' at birth."

Scarre eyed Solana curiously. "So you escaped? Then wouldn't they be looking for you?"

Solana was silent. Finally, she said, "They probably are… They probably are right now. That's why it's important that you were able to go on your own Pokemon journey. It's safer for us if we're moving around rather than staying in one place. We'll have less chance of being discovered."

Scarre nodded thoughtfully, and then got up from her crouching position. Her legs had become all numb from it, but she didn't mind at all. She grabbed her red headband and put it on. She didn't bother to make sure it was secure. The two strands of hair that outlined her face were wavy from being braided all night, and the brush didn't do a very good job at making it straight.

She ran down the stairs, expecting Zelex to be there fixing breakfast. Their mother couldn't toast bread without burning it, and their father couldn't scramble an egg, even if his life was on stake. Scarre was just as bad of a chef as her parents, so the cooking was left to Zelex. He wasn't there though. Instead, there was a piece of paper on the table. It was ripped out from the corner of a larger one. It had very neat handwriting printed onto it with black ink. She picked it up and read it:

Eat cereal. Will be back at eight. Atra says Solana will eat the cereal too. –Zelex

Scarre groaned. "So he thinks he can just ditch me to go somewhere?" She took the milk out of the fridge and placed it on the kitchen table beside the cereal bowl and spoon that was set out for her already. She poured the corn flakes into it, and then the milk. Solana leapt onto the chair beside her.

"Hey, don't I get some breakfast? I'm hungry too!" she complained.

"Oh, right." Scarre got out a smaller bowl, and set it on the table, poured corn flakes into it, and then some milk. Solana leapt onto the table top, and sat down, picking up the small spoon. She ate her cereal that only an experimented Eevee could. Scarre watched her eat daintily, and munched on her own cereal thoughtfully. She still hadn't found out where Zelex had gone. He wouldn't have left without her, would he? No, that wasn't like him.

Suddenly, it became darker outside, and this alarmed Scarre. She jumped out of her spring like a Ponyta using Bounce, and dashed over to the window like a Rapidash. The sky had turned an odd purple-like color, but it instantly vanished as abruptly as it had appeared. She opened the window, and stuck her head out of it. There, she saw Zelex with his own black and red backpack on the front lawn with Atra on the grass as well. He had his navy blue jeans on, a black t-shirt, a gray and white jacket, and his baseball cap which had colors that matched his backpack. Scarre cupped her hands and put them to her mouth. "What on earth are you doing out there and what's going on?" she yelled.

Zelex looked behind and waved to her. "Did you finish breakfast?" he asked.

"Yup!"

"Atra used a Shadow Ball."

"Oh… I thought it was the apocalypse or something."

Scarre placed her bowl and Solana's in the sink, along with their spoons. She raced out the door, making sure to lock it with the key she always wore around her neck. Their parents wouldn't be wondering where they went since the two of them had planned on leaving at eight sharp. She ran out to where Zelex stood with Atra. The two of them walked off to the side of the path that ran throughout Ivory Town. "What were you doing outside?" she asked him.

"I was… exploring Atra's abilities." He didn't look at her while replying.

"Oh, I see." Scarre saw that Zelex wasn't really paying much attention to her. "You know, it wasn't nice to just dump a bowl of cereal on me. Today's an important day! I was expecting a good breakfast too!"

Zelex's face did not change. "We would've delayed ourselves."

"Whatever."

"Professor Maple, we're here!"

The ginger-brown haired professor looked up from her work. She had a friendly smile on as usual and her hair was slightly frizzy and looked as if it had major static problems. As a matter of fact, she looked a little hostile apart from that extremely warm smile she was capable of making. "Oh, hello there, Scarre. Your father called me yesterday to be expecting you and Zelex." She smiled at the two of them angelically. "I heard you already caught your own Pokemon. I've never seen such beautiful Eevees!" She walked over to her desk and picked up two Pokedexes. One was black and the other was red. She handed the red one to Scarre and the other one to Zelex. It somewhat resembled the Sinnoh Region's Pokedex, but this one had a text messaging software installed onto it for contacting other trainers. All you had to do was insert the trainer's Pokedex ID, type up the message on the touch screen, and then send it. Also, it had a built in map and along with the text messaging, it was a phone as well.

The two twins nodded with their Eevees perched on their shoulder. "Thank you Professor Maple!" Scarre exclaimed excitedly.

"No problem. It always makes me happy to see others going out on their own journeys," the professor said, smiling at the two of them. "Oh! I almost forgot. These are yours too." She held out two black belts used for placing Pokeballs. All you did was clip a Pokeball onto it, and it would remain secure until you pushed the button at the side of the certain holder to release it. Both of them strapped their belts on around their waists.

Scarre punched the air. "All right! Now we have everything to start!" She would've jumped up and down like a Buneary, but Zelex placed a hand on her shoulder as a warning not to embarrass them in front of Professor Maple. She sweat dropped. "Good idea." Then she turned to Professor Maple. "We'll be off now!" she announced.

"Good luck!" the professor said with another one of her genial smiles. She waved at Scarre and Zelex, along with their Eevees.

Scarre and Zelex turned their Pokedexes on once they were outside. Scarre pointed her Pokedex at Solana. The Pokedex's voice immediately began stating her statuses. "Eevee, Level 8, Female, Moves are Slam, Bite, Dig, and Quick Attack."

"Sa-weet!" Scarre exclaimed. "You've gotta be the most awesome Eevee around, Solana!"

"Flattery will get you far," Solana purred.

Zelex directed his own black Pokedex in Atra's directiong. The Pokedex's voice immediately beeped to life. "Eevee, Level 8, Male, Moves are Shadow Ball, Protect, Iron Tail, and Façade." He made no comment, and simply put the Pokedex away. Atra leapt into his arms, and he rubbed his Eevee's head. Scarre still had her Pokedex out, and was checking the map to see where would be the next place to go.

"Well, we're heading for the nearest gym for the badges, right? So, that means we're heading for Peninsul Town. By the looks of it, I'd assume this gym specializes in water types. The sea surrounding most of it would be a perfect training area for water types," Scarre hypothesized. "It shouldn't be too difficult." She stowed her Pokedex away in her pocket, and then zipped it up to secure it in there and make sure it didn't fall out. Solana leapt onto her shoulder, and then hopped up onto her head.

"I'll be staying up here for now. Let's get a move on before 'they' find us…" she suggested by throwing a hint.

"Good idea," Zelex muttered.

"You know, now that we're Pokemon trainers, we're going to have to battle against Mom and Dad," Scarre said.

"Don't worry. We'll be fine," Zelex tried to assure his sister.

"Oh, I'm not worried. It's going to be really interesting!" she said eagerly. "Well, we're stopping at Route 14. If we're lucky, we'll arrive at Quad City and will be able to sleep at the Pokemon Center. We better get a move on!" Scarre tromped forwards, but Zelex hesitated. She looked behind her. "What's wrong, bro?"

Zelex was silent for a little while. Finally, he spoke up. "Remember what Solana and Atra told us? People are after them. Team Rocket, was it? We'll need to catch and train Pokemon and have a complete party. Solana and Atra are strong... but... just in case we run into trouble. You yourself, Atra, told me all those horrible mistakes the scientists there made with most of them, and you're one of the very few that actually turn out to look like a Pokemon, not something... demented. If that's so, Team Rocket we'll be sending us their most advanced members and will be tracking us wherever we go. We just risked our own lives by taking Solana and Atra as our starter Pokemon..."

Atra dipped his head slightly. "We're sorry..."

"No, no, you needn't apologize."

Scarre blinked at her brother twice. "You've got a point there. I'm sure we'll run into some Pokemon on Route 14. The honey trees attract loads of Pokemon there, you know. You need to stop worrying!"

"I know. I was just reminding you."

Quad city, as its name hinted, was a city that was literally square shaped. It led in all four directions: north, south, east, and west. It was also a place where trainers often gathered to battle with other Pokemon. It would be prudent for Scarre and Zelex to participate in some of the matches to strengthen Solana and Atra for the worst.

Scarre followed the path which ran all the way to Quad City with Zelex beside her. Her heart was thumping hard and fast. She could barely contain her excitement. She didn't care about the dangers, and the recklessness that her brother often mentioned didn't bother her at all. This was the first step to completing her dream, her goal. She was on a roll: no one could stop her.

"Are they those kids? Those are 480 and 481, correct?"

"They sure are. Didn't you hear them talk? We cannot fail Team Rocket and Giovanni. We must bring them back, the two kids as well."

Two shady figures with a green spider-like Pokemon at their side. Each of them was in the same uniform as the two other men who had previously attacked Scarre and Zelex, but this duo was about to ambush them for a very different reason…