(A/N: As promised, the next two chapters have taken a long time in coming -- but here they are. They're likely not coming out any faster either, I'm afraid.)
March 5, 1948
Father gave me this diary just hours ago, as today is a turning point in my life. In all of our lives, actually. Today is the day we leave our old lives behind, to carve out an existence in a forest uninhabited by any humans thus far.
It was this morning that we started our journey to The Oakwoods. "We" consists of several families from a place known as Aster City. A rather large, busy place...but a friend of my father's, a man known as Domingo Albus, wanted to get back to a simpler life. He recruited several like-minded men, and here we all are. With a caravan, almost as if we were pioneers.
I'm sure I'm not going to like where we're going - I'm a city girl at heart - but it's not my decision, is it? I might as well just make the best of things. And in fact there is one major advantage to moving to The Oakwoods.
Once there, Father will let Sachio (my younger brother) and I have our own Pokémon to train! This is something we have been wanting for years, and now it will finally come to pass. We are both, of course, very excited at the prospect. Sachio wants a grass-type of some sort...I have yet to decide on the matter myself.
Anyway, we have paused to have lunch now. I suppose I'll get back to writing later.
--Suiko