I'd finally finished everything I'd need for this trek. Two weeks of clothes, swimming clothes, sleeping bag, portable tent, my trusty skateboard, some extra cash for any and all situations, and, of course, the most important thing any teen in the world requires, a Pokenav. This thing will keep me in contact with my mother anywhere in the world! Well, except Sinnoh. Dumb region has too many mountains for a decent signal. It's good either way, why would I even be in Sinnoh? Freaking Sinneans would probably try to Sinnie me out of all my cash with stupid mining garbage or fake-ass Contest Spectacular rip-offs. Does anyone even like Sinnoh? I am seriously asking right now.

I get out of my small internal ranting and toss my backpack on and turn around. Blue was still there, sitting calmly watching me with his little cute smile. I look up into the mirror to get one last look of myself before I leave for who knows how long. A little, dumb looking sixteen year old with a stupid hat and a shiny Zangoose. "Hey Blue?" I ask the Pokemon behind me, getting a quiet mewl from him. "How much do this this will change us? Just by travelling, us alone in this big old region?" Blue only tilts his head with a confused look, like he was trying to think. Eventually, he smiles and nods his head. "That's what I thought. Let's get a good look at the before. Compare it to the after when we get back."

After taking a mental picture of ourselves, we leave my room and meet my mom in the living room. She looks us over and smiles, walking over to give me another hug. "My little man is finally growing up. I knew this was going to happen eventually."

"Mom, I'm sixteen," I say, trying to climb out of the hug, "I'm not a 'little man' anymore." Mom finally releases me and gives me a little peck on the head. "I know Walt, but you'll always be my little man, no matter how old you get."

I smile and hug my mom again. "I know, Mom. Can you at least treat me a little more grown up right now? This is a huge day!" I raise my hands in a dramatic fashion. I start walking towards the door and look back at her, "I'll be sure to call all the time. And I promise not to get involved with any criminals or terrorists."

Mom laughs at this. "Thank you, Walt. They'll have some dumb banners and matching outfits. Maybe a crazy leader."

"I've seen the Rocket documentaries, I know what organizations are." I respond and roll my eyes. "We'll, I'll see you around soon."

"Oh!" Mom yells before going to one of the boxes, "I actually have something for you before you leave!" After rummaging for a few seconds, she pulls out ten little spheres. The Pokeballs! "You'll probably want a few friends while you're out there."

I take the balls and slip them into one of the pockets of my pack. "Thank you, Mom. I'll be sure to put these to good use."

"See you, Walter. Have fun and be safe."

I nod and close the door, going into the hallway of the building. This was my new life I guess. Travelling and battling, catching and training, loving and hating, new friends and new enemies, and, of course, overly long mental lists only used to lengthen the chapters. I look down at Blue and smile, starting to walk towards the staircase. "Hey, Blue, didn't the Professor say something about an assistant being downstairs?"

Blue looked up and nodded, letting out a 'Zan' and stepping in front of me a little. "Maybe we'll get to see them? I'd like to thank her again, even though we kinda have a bit already. This is a big thing. Have to show gratitude, right? Hey, where'd you go?" I looked down and saw that Blue had started walking ahead of me. Not really walking ahead. More like I stopped while I was monologue and he kept going. "Hey, wait up!" I rush back to him and matched his speed again. He was surprisingly faster than I thought he'd be, even though he is a Zangoose.

We get to the stairs and go down, reaching the second level and seeing Professor Bianca talking with someone. This must be the Professor in training she was talking about earlier. We walk up to the two and catch their attention. "Professor Bianca!"

The Professor smiles and waves back to me, "Walter! Are you off already?"

"Yes, ma'am!" I respond back, looking down to the guy she was talking to, "Is this the PiT you mentioned earlier?" This just gets a wierd look from the two. It takes me a minute before I finally get what the looks were for. "Professor in training. Get it? PiT?" The duo just let out an 'oh' before Bianca answered.

"Yes, this is." She turns her attention to the young man. "Dallas, this is the trainer I was talking about. Dallas, this is Walter. Walter, Dallas."

"Nice to meet ya," the young man, Dallas, puts out his hand. He sounded very distinguished, for someone that looked so young... and short. Like, dang, this kid was maybe five-one, five-two? I shook his hand and was once again surprised at the strength behind it. Is everyone in this dumb region a freaking bodybuilder? Like, Christ. He was another blond with messy hair that completely covered his eyes. He worn a plain white shirt and purple jacket-kind of a dumb color combination if you ask me-with some normal blue jeans. The guy was also really skinny, like, not even funny skinny. It honestly looked a little unhealthy.

I shake Dallas' hand, "You, too. Like the Professor said, I'm Walter. You can just call me Walt if you want." I let go of his hand motion down to Blue, "This is Blue, my starter." The Zangoose steps forward and lets out another loud meow.

"Nice to meet you, Blue. Amazing Pokemon you have there, Walter."

"Thank you. Do you have a partner?" I ask, thinking it would be strange if a Professor didn't have a Pokemon themselves.

"Ah, yes, I do." He reaches into his pocket and brings out a... Luxuryball? That lucky Pokemon. But that isn't what I noticed the most. The dude had a lisp. Badly. I will try my best to ignore it, but I feel I will laugh at some point. "This is my partner, Jet." He opens the ball and a orange Pokemon comes out. I knew what it was, I just couldn't force myself to remember it's name, so I had to play stupid here. "That is a... I'm sorry I forget what he's called."

"He is a Buizel! Water-types are my specialty," Dallas answers, patting the little guy on the head.

"Cool."

At this point, the Professor coughs to catch our attention again. "Well, it's great that you two got to meet, because I actually have a favor to ask of both of you."

We both look at the Professor and tilt our heads in almost unison. I was the first one to ask what it was.

"Well, Walter," Biance started, "since you are going on an adventure through the region, I would like if it is alright if Dallas went with you." With his question, Dallas looked even more confused then before. Something tells me this was dropped suddenly right here.

"Pardon me?" Dallas said after a moment. "Go with the random guy I just met in a region I don't think he even knows?"

"Yes."

"Into a wilderness that has changed drastically than from when I was in school, and changed even more over the last ten years?"

"Yes."

Me and Dallas just look at the Professor for a second before Dallas finally speaks up. "Well, I appreciate your honesty. I suppose I could if it's alright with you, Walter?" The short student looked over to me again.

I had to take a second before coming up with an answer. I don't have a problem with it, but it would be kinda weird to begin with. Like he said, we just met. I feel that would be nothing more than some awkward silence for a while. I suppose that's how most friendships start anyway, so it wouldn't be that bad. "Sure. The more the merrier, I suppose," I say after my thinking, "A little human interaction never killed anyone."

The Professor smiles and claps her hands again, "Oh, this brings back so many memories! Thank you two. This will be the start to an amazing adventure!" Bianca picks up her bag and turns around, "Well, I'm afraid I've used all the time I had. I hope you the best."

"Thank you, Professor," we both say to the overly green woman before Dallas looks up at me. "Well, where are we going first, I guess?"

That was actually a really good question. Where am I going? The heck am I even going to do in Unova? There's the League, but that feels a bit over done. There's no criminal group that I promised not to get involved with that I know of. I doubt this region has the Pokemon Contests like Hoenn or Sinnoh... Well, I guess we're going with the bit over done. And for that, the involves a bit of training. "Well, I guess we're going to the first Gym in this region."

Dallas simply nods and pulls Jet back into the Luxuryball. "Going for the League, huh? Don't know what you've heard, but the Gyms aren't the same typings they were ten years ago."

I didn't really get what her meant by this, so I tilt me head and ask, "What does that even mean?"

"A bunch of retirements, new Leaders showing up, those Leaders quitting. Just a lot of confusing bs," he explained, starting to go down the hallway, me following him. "Honesty, that's why I turned to science. Everything usually stays the same. Ironically, aside from learning to be a Pokemon Professor, I'm actually studying the opposite of that."

"The... opposite of things staying the same?" I question the short student, "Like, how things turn different, right?"

"Kinda. I'm studying how the sudden increase of nonnative Pokemon is effecting the region's already fully developed ecosystems and food chains." That made sense. I think.

"That's pretty cool actually," I tell him, as we start to exit the apartment building, getting hit with sudden light. Blue takes the initiative and runs towards the first patch of grass he could find and starts rolling around. I look around and take in as much of Accumula Town as I can before I leave for who knows how long.

"Thank you, Walter. Everyone says that it's a pointless study." Dallas looks down while saying this. I don't know why, but I felt like he wasn't that confident about his work. I just give him a pat on the back, "Well, if you ask me," I say, trying to reassure him, "that's actually pretty freaking important. We gotta know stuff like that for our safety."

Dallas looks back up and cracks a smile, nodding his head a little. "Thank man. Now, if you're going to take on the Gyms, you're probably going to train quite a bit. There's a Route near her that would be perfe-" Dallas is cut off by an explosion at a building that looked like a Pokemon Center! We both turn towards it and see that the roof is on fire and people were running out of it. I was about to say something before hearing a lady yell something.

"Ladies and gentlemen, stand back!" the new voice yelled, "Unova's Pokemon Rangers will take care of this!" I look over and see a young woman wearing a black and white outfit with matching headband running towards the building with two large Pokemon. From what it looks, they are a Crawdaunt and a... Pelipper? People actually use those? We watch as the woman and her Pokemon start working on putting out the building. Unova Rangers? Where have I heard something like that before?

Me, Dallas, and Blue were watching as the Unova Ranger lady was taking action on the burning building. This was the most coordinated thing I had ever seen, and within the span of, maybe, ten minutes, the Pokemon Center was out. We then watched as something strange happened. The Ranger turns to the Pokemon and says something to them, followed by a weird light coming off of them and then just... running off. Just like that, for no reason, they just ran off. Everyone applauded the lady, several of them coming up and thanking her. I look down at Dallas and we both nod, starting to go towards the Center. After a few minutes, the crowd around the lady starts to disperse and we walk up to her.

"Excuse me, Miss," Dallas says as we meet her, "I just want to say, that was amazing."

"It was nothing to it, kid," the Ranger says back, "just a normal work for a Pokemon Ranger."

The lady looks down and smiles a surprisingly messy smile at him. Like, holy crap this girl needed some braces. She also had a surprisingly smooth voice for someone that seemed so badass. Almost sounded like that new character from that cartoon, Universe something... Topaz! She sounded like a Topaz. She was pretty tall as well, passing my five-ten ass by a good foot or so. The lady also held a very sweet and caring face, looking almost a daycare teacher. Although, the one thing that stood out the most was she had a large streak of hair dyed a very bright, very loud neon pink. Her outfit was cool yet pretty plain, being a black and white mix throughout the whole thing, aside from the thing on her wrist. It looked like some kind of... I really don't even know how to describe this thing, it was a big watch? Screw it, you know what I'm talking about, you've all played Shadows of Almia.

"A Pokemon Ranger?" I ask. "I've heard of those before, what is that?"

The lady then pulls an unnecessarily dramatic pose, showing off the thing on her wrist the most. "The Pokemon Rangers are a special team, that uses the bond with Pokemon of the world to solve problems, save lives, and everything in between!"

We just look at the Ranger before simultaneously saying 'cool'. Or course, after a second, Dallas speaks up again. "That... thing on your wrist. Is that a Capture Styler?" The Ranger holds up her arm again, showing off the Styler even more. "You are correct young man. This little device right here allows me to-" She is cut off by Dallas, "To temporarily befriend Pokemon so they may be used in assistance for all situations."

The Ranger looks at Dallas for a second before laughing. "You're right! No one ever gets it on the first try. Who are y'all, anyways?"

I hold out my hand to introduce myself, "I'm Walter. A new Pokemon trainer hoping to take on the Unova League. This is my partner, Blue right here." I motion down to the Zangoose with my other hand. The lady shakes my hand and, surprisingly, didn't break my arm like the Professors. "Nice to meet you, Walt. Blue." She releases my hand and looks down at Dallas, "And you are?"

"The name's Dallas, Professor in training." He puts out his hand and they shake again. "Nice to meet you Professor Dallas. Guess I'm next. The name's Candice, newest member of the Unova Rangers! I'm going around helping others and learning more about the region."

"Oh?" I ask, "Are you not from here, too?"

"Yeah, I just moved here a few weeks ago after graduating Ranger school. Originally from the great islands of Alola!"

Oh, dear Arceus, an Alolan.

"Leader Isaac, we have big new for you, Sir!" the Lieutenant speaks as he walks into the large office room. This was a very bad idea, since the boss had the strictest 'only speak when you're spoken to' rule. Isaac looks up from the computer on his desk, already annoyed from the sudden intrusion. "This better be important, Freddrick. I am very busy."

"Yes Sir, this is incredibly important," Freddrick says as he stops in front of the desk, "we believe that we have found someone capable of summoning the Legendary Celebi."

The large man simply stands up and walks around the table, coming nearly face-to-face with his Lieutenant. "Bring me to him." The Lieutenant nods and turns back towards the door, followed by Isaac. The Leader and third in command walk down to the bright hallway, passing several, what anyone else would call, Grunts who all saluted to the duo. Once Freddrick and Isaac reach the farthest door on the floor, the Lieutenant and Leader look into the window to see a young man sitting-well, more like tied to-a chair and blindfolded behind a table.

"Freddrick," Isaac says to man holding the door, "what can you tell me about the boy?"

"He says his name is Sam, and that he is from the Orange Islands. Apparently not from this time period. Sometime between the early and late Victorian era in Johto. He claims to have a very strong connection to the Legendary," the Lieutenant explains, "according to him, Celebi will only show if he is in trouble."

Isaac simply stands and thinks for a few moments before turning to Freddrick. "Then make him. I have to return to my work."

"Yes Sir, Leader Isaac!" Freddrick salutes before pulling out a communicator device. "Vince. Alexander. Prepare to make the boy talk."

Isaac turns around and slowly returns to his office and his work. If this boy truly does know how to summon the time Pokemon, this could possibly be the biggest leap Team Vision has ever gotten. Once he enters the room, he is met with a tall, purple haired gentleman. Isaac takes a step back before collecting himself and addressing the man.

"Commander Tallen! I'm sorry, I wasn't aware you were stopping by today."

"All is fine, Isaac. I'm just here for the usual update on our progress." The man looks down at the desk and picks up the Orb. "Still haven't found Palkia yet, have you?"

"N-no, Sir. Sadly, it has alluded our grasp. I promise, I will take it upon myself to get the Sinnoh team in order."

Commander Tallen grunts at this and put the Orb back into it's stand. "Sinnoh. Have you ever been there, Isaac?"

"Yes Sir, once to get the Orb."

"I can't believe those people. All terrible. Tried to Sinnie me out of all my money. Do you know they let children into their casinos? No respect for anyone, I swear... Can we make it to where they are the first ones gone?"

"I... will take it up with the scientists, but I believe so."

"Great!" Tallen throws up his hands rather dramatically. "Now, onto my original point. I hear you have the Hoenn Orbs?"

"Yes, Commander Tallen. We have just collected them from the Champion, and they are on their way here now."

"Perfect. I've always liked those two. Especially Kyogre, have I ever told you that? Always, always loved Water-types!"

"Yes, Commander Tallen, you have told me. Several times actually."

"Isaac, when we get the proper artifacts, I would like you to call me so I may see the Suicune. You know, before we do, uh... yeah, do the thing."

"Believe me, Tallen, you will see every single Legendary before 'the thing'."

"Amazing." Tallen turns around and looks out across Castelia City before spotting one place that was interesting to him. Something that, to him, was quite more important than their work at the moment. "Isaac?"

"Yes, Commander Tallen?"

"Do you care to go for some golf? I never noticed that course down there before."