Author's notes: I hope you like it, it's a work in progress, I'm new to writing and my last chapter was a year ago so yeah, I'm going to be more consistent t to make this story happen. So I hope you enjoy this little introduction, also I'm going to be posting monthly so that I have a deadline and actually get some work done, anyway enjoy.

Chapter 2: leap of faith

Somewhere in a large forest devoid of wildlife, rays of sunlight shine through the tree branches over a glistening river, the echoes of water calmly flowing down the river combined with the leaves dancing in the wind are the only things making a sound in the entire forest. The only other thing making noise in the area is an average young man with a camera hanging from his neck sitting on the ground next to what appears to be a large backpack and small recording equipment, he is looking at a small mat of various berries that are a few feet away, he has bags under his eyes, a five o'clock shadow and a few bruises on his hands, after about 20 minutes of staring at the small mountain of berries the young man sighs and starts to inspect his camera, after shaking it a flash goes off.

"Damn my eyes, I'm gonna have to fix that." - He says as he rubs his hands against his eyes blinking several times to make sure the bright spot he's seeing isn't permanent, after resting for a few minutes the young man takes out a small voice recorder from one of the many pockets on his utility vest.

"Datalog # 32 - Since my expedition started a month ago I haven't been able to see a single Pokémon, maybe the stories are fake and they really are extinct …, (sigh) I've placed many different varieties of berries through-out the forest during my expedition but nothing ever happened, I know for a fact that Pokémon ate certain berries depending on their personality because there are entire books about how trainers used mixed berries with their Pokémon in the past. There are so many different combinations and I don't even have enough to make as many as I'd want to, and even if I did there's no guarantee one's gonna show up, if that's not even the case and they really are gone…. Then all of this would've been for nothing…"

the young man then sits at the base of the tree that's right behind him letting go of the recording button only to immediately press it again with a confused expression on his face.

"On a side note the lack of sleep is starting to affect me, I could've sworn that huge rock wasn't there when I got here but maybe it's just my mind playing tri-."

Before he can finish the sentence the large rock starts to move towards the mat of berries, once it gets closer it reveals that it's not just some rock. It's exactly what the young man was hoping to see since he started his journey … a real live Pokémon.

The young man drops to the ground feeling terrified and excited at the same time.

"It's happening; I can't believe it, ha….. I actually found one….. I found one…yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes YES!"

He said to himself in silence as to not frighten the creature that was just enjoying its meal a few feet away.

The young man takes a few deep breaths and calms down, even though his heart is still racing due to the excitement he makes an effort to make as little noise as possible and proceeds to takes out a few things from his backpack, after taking out a small camera from his backpack he begins to creep under one of the bushes so that he can get a closer look of the creature, the young adventurer stares in aw as the creature calmly eats the berries he had left for it, once he has a good position he starts to film the creature and whispers to the camera…

"I am staring directly at a Pokémon with my very own eyes, I never thought they could be so big, it appears to walk on all four legs, it has red eyes and what appears to be a small horn on the end of its head, it's also completely grey and appears to be covered in rock-like plates, it also has fangs and claws but what are they for? Does it have predators? Is it a predator itself? Is this its natural habitat? So many questions, I wish I could ask it myself."

The young man continues to film the creature for a few minutes.

"Perfect now all I need is a picture, I just need to get a little bit closer"

He then slowly gets up, puts the filming equipment in his backpack and prepares the camera hanging from his neck, he didn't want to startle the creature so he turned off the flash and got ready to take the perfect picture, even though it's an old camera it was still a high-quality one so it was perfect for taking such an important picture.

His hands were shaking and his heart felt like it was about to burst out of his chest, he was scared. Even though it was a mesmerizing, just the thought of people actually using such monsters to fight one another just seemed impossible, how could you tame something like that? He thought as he prepared to take the most important picture in his life.

The young man held his breath and took the picture letting out a sigh of relief knowing that he had finally found the thing that he had only dreamed of...

Proof that Pokémon still exist...

After taking the picture of a lifetime he slowly walks back only to be betrayed by his own inexperience, unfortunately in his haste to film the Pokémon the young man didn't realize he hadn't picked up everything when he took the camera from his backpack, suddenly a camera lens snaps under his foot causing the large Pokémon to turn around and look straight at the young man.

The young man stood completely still, not knowing how such a large beast would react to the to the fist human being it came in to contact with really didn't help, not knowing if you should run away, stand still or play dead in a situation like this would likely result in certain death, he just stood there expecting that the monster would just ignore him and be on its way, that wasn't the case since it started walking towards him.

"What do I do, what do I do?"

Thought the young man as the creature in front of him slowly approached, suddenly realizing that the monster had finished eating the berries and that the behemoth was only a few feet away the young man quickly made a decision that he would soon regret.

In a panic the young man slowly tried to grab some berries he had in one of his pockets slightly touching his camera, suddenly a flash of light blinds the creature enraging the behemoth and causing it to run straight towards him at full speed.

The young man immediately starts running for his life leaving behind all of his equipment including his backpack.

As the monster begins to chase the young man it tramples his backpack destroying all of his equipment, the young man continues to run as he hears the monster crushing his research in just a matter of seconds, not having a chance to look back and feel the pain of his loss since it could mean life or death, he keeps running through the forest evading trees and jumping over bushes as the monster just destroys everything in its path, in an attempt to slow the monster the young man throws a small net he had in one of his pockets.

The net flies through the air and gets caught on the monsters horn impairing its vision, even though the net was meant for a smaller creature it still proved useful against the monster, causing it to fall to the ground and letting out a powerful roar, not wasting a second the young man continues to run for his life only to be stopped in his tracks once he finds himself trapped at the edge of a cliff, it was 3 stories high so jumping was out of the question, or at least that's what he thought once he felt the very ground shaking under his feet, not having time to second guess the young man took a few steps back…

He ran towards the edge,

And jumped…