Chapter One

Disclaimer: If I actually owned anything besides Iao, the series would be a lot better and I wouldn't feel the urge to write this as it would be the show. You touch Iao without my permission and I will hunt you down, castrate you (if you're female you will shortly be parting with your breasts), dig your heart out of your chest with a rusty spoon, and feed it to you piece by piece.

It had been a month since Iao had arrived rather abruptly in the Pokémon dimension. Much to Iao's joy she fit in pretty well. After the dimension shift her hair had lighted from a dark purple to a light lavender.

Here, purple hair and violet eyes were normal, in fact there were weirder and worse looking combinations. Pokémon took her a little getting used to and much to Grandmas and the Kimono Dancer girls shock Iao could understand Pokémon. It wasn't discovered until her third week in, why she could understand them. It turned out that Iao was a latent psychic, the dimension shift had awaken her power which had bleached her hair to its current color. Had she not shifted dimensions her powers most likely wouldn't have awoken.

Iao had a home and a job here. Iao lived and worked with the Kimono Dancers. There was Miki Kino in her green kimono with her Jolteon, Naoko Hino also in green and her Flareon, in blue kimonos were Kuni Mizuno with her Vaporeon and Sayo Taiyono with Espeon, and Iao's roommate Zuki Tsukino in red with Umbreon. Iao herself wore a purple kimono at work. As of yet Iao didn't own any Pokémon but that would soon change. In the meantime Iao was quite happy with her "family". Grandma was her "Grandma" and Miki, Naoko, Kuni, Sayo, and Zuki were her "sisters".(1)

After work Iao laid on her bed staring at the ceiling and fiddled with her stone necklace. 'I wonder what type of Pokémon I should get. My "sisters" each have an evolved form an Eevee so should I get an Eevee? Nah, that just doesn't seem like the right one for me,' Iao sighed.(2)

Zuki walked in and flopped down on her bed followed by her Umbreon. "We did a good job tonight. You can still hear them applauding out there," said Zuki.

"Yeah we did but I wish they would go home so we can have some peace and quite," complained Iao.

Grandma and her "sisters", and herself lived in the back of the Dance Theater.(3) Miki, Naoko, and their Pokémon shared a room as did Kuni and Sayo with their Pokémon. Until she got her own Pokémon it was just Iao, Zuki, and Umbreon in a third room. Grandma had her own room.

Iao's eyes swept the room decorated in blacks, reds, and purples. Suddenly Iao giggled.

"Iao, what's so funny," asked Zuki rolling onto her stomach.

"I just realized all our rooms are decorated in our kimono and Pokémon colors."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. Miki and Naoko's room is done in greens, yellows, and gold. Kuni and Sayo's is in blues and white. Ours is in reds, purples, and black. Grandmas room has a little bit of every color," replied Iao.

Zuki blinked. "You're right!'

Umbreon made a noise, that made Iao crack up.

"What did he say," asked Zuki.

"He said 'You've lived here for most of your life and you didn't notice! I love you dearly but sometimes you're kinda, gee I dunno? Dense! At least she's not as bad as Brock," translated the still laughing Iao.

"Gee thanks a lot Umbreon. I love you too," said Zuki.

"Ahhh! I can't sit still. I'm going out in the woods, do you want to come Zu-chan?"

"Nah, that's okay Iao. I don't really like the woods at night. Don't forget to take your PokéBalls, you might find yourself a Pokémon."

"Okay. Thanks for reminding me. See ya in a bit," Iao called over her shoulder walking out the door.

Iao loved the woods at night. The air was crisp, clean, cool, and it left a minty taste in the back of her mouth. The sky was clear and dark. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the stars sparkled brightly.

Suddenly a bright purple streak lit up the sky.

"That's funny," began Iao. "That light looks like it's falling...It is falling!"

The strange light flew over Iao's head and crashed ten feet into the woods behind Iao. Iao being curious decided to head over there and check it out. As she approached it she realized that whatever it was, it had hit the ground pretty hard. Now there was a crater in the forest that was two feet deep and three feet wide, it was also in a perfect circle. Iao walked to the new crater and looked in. Much to her surprise it was a very, very rare Pokémon. It was a Mew, and she was injured, badly.


(1) These people are from Pokémon Silver the game. The first names, kimono colors, and Pokémon are authentic. Their last names I made up which are based on their Pokémon. Kino roughly means of gold, Hino means of fire, Mizuno means of water, Taiyono means of sun, and Tsukino means of moon. Grandma is based off of an old woman in the Dance Hall. Also because I don't know if they're in the show or not (most likely not) I'm going to give them personality's and make up pasts for them because I can.

(2) I like Eevee but Eevee just doesn't work for my story. Sorry to all Eevee lovers.

(3) The Dance Hall really is in the game but, all you get to see is the room they dance in. So the rest of the rooms and whatnot are made up. The reason I have them living in the Dance Hall is that the city (in the game) doesn't look big enough to hold that many people. Yes I have caught a few anime shows of Pokémon here and there but the show makes me want to scream or strangle something.