"I can't believe you talked me into this."

"Oh, come on. It'll be so much fun! Trust me."

"That's what I'm worried about."

"Trusting me? You wound me, Frisk."

Frisk glanced down at her phone in mild disbelief. She found herself always determined, never wavering or hesitant. When she believes in something or has a certain goal to achieve, she does everything in her power to get it done. It was very hard to get her to change her mind about many things, and usually most people wouldn't bother.

That all changed today.

Frisk vowed to herself to never get Pokémon Go on her phone. She saw how addicted people got to thee game, and it was actual insanity seeing videos on the internet of people raging and screaming and losing their minds over some silly game on their phones. That's why Frisk vowed to herself to never play. But then Jess had practically begged her to play the game. While Frisk was not convinced at first, Jess and the gang eventually ganged up on her and pressured her to get the game. And here she was now, staring at her phone as the game loaded.

"Who else plays this game?" Frisk asked Jess. She watched as Jess was already playing. She held a pokéball from her index finger. Twirling it clockwise, she released the ball and it proceeded to catch the Koffing in front of her.

"Um, aside from me? Addie and Sam."

"Darn it!"

The screen finally came on and Frisk went on to create a username for herself. She then created an avatar of herself. On the next page, it presented her with three colours: Red, Blue, and Yellow. Frisk tapped Jess on the shoulder.

"What's this?"

"Oh! Those are the different teams that you can be in, and each team has their own benefits, I think." Jess tapped her screen and then showed it to Frisk. "See me? I'm on the blue team. We're called Team Mystic. Their ideology is that they rely on analyzing every situation. Mystic's members believe that pokémon have immeasurable wisdom and are interested in learning more about why Pokémon experience evolution. They're like the intellectuals of the game. Patient and critical."

"What about the other two teams?" Frisk asked on.

"The red team is Valour. They rely on strength in battle. The members believe that pokémon are stronger and more warmhearted than humans and are interested in enhancing their natural power. And then yellow is Team Instinct, where they rely on trainer's instinct. They have great intuition and are very interested in the process of hatching eggs," Jess explained with great detail. "So, Frisk. Which team are you gonna join? Addie and I are on Mystic, and Sam is on Instinct."

"Hmm…"

Frisk pondered the thought for a bit. Mystic's beliefs are really good. She wasn't that great on her instincts. It was between Mystic and Valour.

"I'll be on Team Valour."

"Hmm, interesting choice." The mysteriousness of Jess's voice was somewhat unsettling to Frisk, but she nodded her head and chose to ignore it. She selected Team Valour, ultimately. Once she was all set up, Frisk learned that thee name of her team leader is Candela.

"What's the name of your team leader, Jess?"

"Blanche, and the leader of Instinct is Spark."

"Ooh, okay. Cool, good to know."

Jess was actually very informative of the game and went on to explain some more interesting facts about the team. On each team, there was a specific legendary bird type pokémon as their mascot. Mystic is Articuno, Valour is represented by Moltres, and Instinct with Zapdos.

"How do you know all this?"

"I read a bit about the lore," Jess replied.

Frisk finally saw her avatar on the GPS, along with many pokémon who have spawned beside her. Next to her on both sides, were these strange blue symbols.

"Yikes, what do I do? There's so many things happening all at once."

"Tap on those blue things. Those are called pokéstops. Those are important to spin as much as possible because they can give you a lot of useful items. If you're low on items, spin a pokéstop. That's usually your best bet."

"Okay." Frisk proceeded to spin them and she got several items: razz berries, more pokéballs and a gift.

"See the gift you got? They're not for you, unfortunately. But, if you have friends, that's what they're for. You can send one gift a day to a friend. Here, lemme add you as a friend." From Jess's instructions, Frisk went into the 'add friend' section and pulled out her QR code. "Now, I'll add you." Jess scanned the code and an invite was instantly sent to Frisk, and she accepted it immediately.

"So now I can send you a gift, right?"

"That's right."

"Alright."

After some quick exploring, Frisk saw that she was only at level 1. Which made total sense, obviously.

"What level are you on, Jess?" Frisk asked.

"Uh, level 22."

"Twenty two? How, though!"

Jess snorted. "Um, by playing the game?" She finally let out a laugh and patted Frisk's shoulder. "Don't worry about it, Frisk. The more you play, the faster you start to level up. It may take some time, sure. You'll get there eventually."

"Do you know how many levels there are in total?"

"Forty levels, if I remember correctly."

"FORTY? OH NO."

"That's why you gotta play, like, everyday if you want to level up quickly."

"Oh no."

"Oh yes, Frisk."

"Jeez," Frisk mumbled.

Over the course of the next few weeks, Frisk played everyday. She promised herself that she wouldn't get addicted and yet here she was: level 25. After only a few weeks of getting the game, she was already at level 25. Even her friends were impressed, and they were around level 30 and beyond.

Frisk was so addicted that she managed to get Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, and Alphys involved in the game, too. Sans was surprisingly dedicated to the game, catching many pokémon and completing the field and special research to further advance in the game. He was just as determined as Papyrus, and that was a surprise alone. Sans the lazybones is not a lazybones when it comes to Pokémon Go.

Frisk was so proud of her pokédex. She acquired many pokémon over the weeks of playing. She walked kilometres to hatch eggs, she had her data turned on so that she could explore and find more pokémon with her friend whenever they were outside. When it seems like she had gotten the game figured out, she discovered something.

"HOW DID YOU GET ALL THOSE LEGENDARY AND MYTHICAL POKÉMON?!"

Jess grinned. "You get them in raids since you can't find them out in the wild like the others. That's why they're mythicals.

"Raids? What are those?"

"A raid is when you go to a gym specifically for that type of pokémon. Remember how you go to gyms and battle the regular pokémon so that you can take over the gym?" At that question, Frisk nodded. Jess continued. "Well, raids are different. You get a group together and go to a gym to get powerful pokémon. Since their CP is incredibly high, you'll need a good group to help you out in taking it down. Once you defeat the pokémon, you have a chance at getting them. Sometimes they escape you though, so don't feel bad if that ever happens to you. It happened to me several times with Raikou, and Mewtwo especially."

"Oh, jeez!"

Frisk's mind has been blown away!