Nate and Ben walked home and passed a massive crowd of people huddling in the park. They heard a low voice of man who must have been giving a speech or something! Nate walked towards them to see what was going on. "Together we shall rid the world of pokeballs, forever!"

After hearing that, he ran back to catch up with his friend while worrying about other things like his black eye. If his mom knew, she would never let him go back to school. Thank goodness his mom was in Aspertia City.

"Did you see what went on back there?" Ben realized that he zoned out again and shook his head. "Nothing but a freak with green hair talking about Pokemon!"

They went to the corner of two streets they split up on their way to home."Good luck with the black eye!See ya later!"Ben waved as he ran across the street before the light turned red. Nate nodded his head and waved good-bye to his friend as he ducked into the alley. He found out it was the quickest way to his house. Nate found that out a few weeks after he started school and met Ben.

Nate walked through the door as he entered his house. Luckily, his dad didn't come home until a half an hour later and his black eye was less purplish. His dad walked into the living room only to find his son with an ice pack on his face.

"What happened this time!" Dad said. Nate gave a weak smile and he explained what had happened at school. Apparently, a friend of his, who's blind, accidentally punched him in the face.

"Well, I have a surprise for you!" Dad pulled out a small box that was wrapped with a yellow bow and handed it to Nate, giving him a curious look on his untied the bow and opened it. Inside was a red pokeball with Tepig inside, a pokedex, and a letter. Nate picked up the note and read it.

Dear Nate,

Please accept this starter pokemon. I want you to start an adventure and fill up the pages of the pokedex. There are many pokemon we have not discovered yet and we want you to help two other selected children to fill up pokedex pages!Good luck on your adventure and encounter many pokemon.

Sincerely,Aurea Juniper

Sadly his dyslexia screwed it up to make the words nearly impossible to read. But he could understand that Professor Juniper wanted him to go on an adventure since he heard Professor Juniper and Dad talk about it once.

Nate put the note back into the box and picked up both the pokeball and the pokedex."Thanks Dad!" Nate said. "You should thank Professor Juniper,not me!"Dad replied, " Now get up stairs and start packing!You've got a long journey ahead of you!" Nate heard what his dad said and went up stairs. He packed up his stuff into his back pack.

He grabbed the picture from his night stand and gently packed it away in his bag. Nate came down stairs while his dad was sitting at the kitchen table with a few papers in his hands."Okay, you can either start out here or in Aspertia City."

Nate saw the plane ticket in his hand and thought about Mom and Rosa. If he chose to go home and start, he could see them, even Hugh! His dad held out the plane ticket as if he read Nate's mind."Thanks!" Nate took the ticket and gave his dad a hug."Just say hi to your mother and sister for me!Will ya?" Dad said as Nate walked out the door.

"Sure thing!" Nate whispered when he shut the door. Nate walked around the corner to the airport and Ben had stopped him just like every day. "Why are you goin to the airport?" Nate pulled out his ticket and said "I'm going home to start my adventure and become the champion of the Unova region." Nate said. "Yeah and I'll become a top ranger in the Oblivia region, when that happens! Wait! You're serious!" Ben replied. Nate nodded his head and kept walking towards the airport.

They kept walking towards the airport talking about their goals. Nate stopped in front of the doors of the airport and turned towards Ben."I guess this is good-bye!" Nate held out his hand for Ben to shake."I guess it is!" said Ben as he shook Nate's. Nate walked through the doors while Ben turned around and went home.

Nate handed his ticket to the flight attendant and boarded the plane to Aspertia City. When the plane took off he could see his best friend waving from his house and that was the last thing he saw in Accumula Town.


The plane landed at Aspertia City at 11:45 p.m. No one was in the streets except for the people who were at the baggage claim line,which was short and fast for what the time was."Okay, bye mom!" Nate hung up the Xtranciever and walked out the doors of the airport and into the rain. He remembered him and Rosa running home from school. His mom's jeep pulled up next to him and the door opened. Nate hopped in and smiled at the sight of his mom.

He hadn't seen her since the day he left a few years ago. After a few minutes of silence and driving they pulled into the garage and the door closed behind them when they entered the house. Nothing made a single noise in the house. Much to Nate's dismay, Rosa was nowhere in sight." Where's Rosa?" he asked.

"She left for Virbank City earlier today! If I would have known you would be coming home I would have told her!" Mom replied, "But if I were you, I would start tomorrow!"

Nate shrugged and headed upstairs to his room. While he walked in the hallway his mom was behind him and said, "I'm sorry! I know you miss her! I know you had your mind set on seeing her tonight!"

"It's alright! I'll eventually catch up with her!"Nate said. He turned around and walked into his room.