Another chapter done. I'm having fun writing this story. As for what I'm doing, I'm doing it based off the game and will add some content from the show and a little from the Manga.

Last time on Pokemon…

"Alright. I will pick…this one."

"Ok. Then I will get this one. Glad you didn't pick this one."

"I wonder which one you pick?" said Dawn.

"You'll found out soon because, I can believe I'm saying this but, I challenge you to a battle Lucas." Said Barry.

"Wait what?" replied a surprised Lucas.

"Why not. It would be fun to see what these Pokemon can do."

"Hmm. That does seems interesting. I wouldn't mind see this battle between you two. We can have it outside in the front." Said Rowan.

"Sweet. Come on Lucas. You can't say no now."

"Huh. Alright. It does sound fun. Let's go."

Barry jumped for joy and everyone went outside. Barry & Lucas stood across from each other on the dirt path and Rowan & Dawn were standing by the door of the lab, watching.

"Are you ready Lucas?" shouted Barry.

"Yup I am." Replied Lucas.

"LET'S GO!" Shouted both boys.

Lucas and Barry threw their Pokeball's and their starter Pokemon were released on the field.

For Lucas, his Pokemon is a Chimchar, a small monkey that has red fur all over his body and has a swirl like hairstyle, his hands, feet and his face is a light-yellow color. Also has a small flame where his tail is supposed to be.

And for Barry, his Pokemon is a Piplup, a small penguin that is a light blue color with its head being a dark blue head, its face being white and its beak is yellow. Its body is has two white ovals on its chest and looks like it's wearing a dark blue cape and it's feet are yellow, the same kind of yellow as its beak.

Anyways, both guys released their Pokemon and Rowan & Dawn were surprised to see those Pokemon.

"This should be an easy battle for Barry since he picked Piplup considering it has an advantage over Chimchar." Said Dawn.

"That is true, but I don't know who will win this considering those Pokemon haven't been trained much." Replied Rowan.

"If that is true than what moves do they know." Shouted out Barry since he heard their conversation.

"I will check." Said Dawn as she brought out her red Pokedex and analyzed both Pokemon. "Piplup knows Pound and growl while Chimchar knows Scratch and leer."

"Ok. That is good to know. At least Piplup doesn't know any water moves." Said Lucas.

"Yeah, but I want this battle to be awesome and intense, instead of it ending quickly. Right Piplup?" Said Barry as he looked at his Pokemon.

"Pip." Said Piplup.

"Alright. I'll go first. Piplup, use Pound." Shouted Barry.

Piplup starts running towards Chimchar and his right fin starts to glow white.

"Chimchar. Block it."

Chimchar crossed his arms infront of him and Piplup connected his fin. Piplup flew back a bit.

"Chimchar use Scratch."

Chimchar's nails from his right hand extended out and turned white. Chimchar jumped at Piplup.

"Don't think so. Piplup use growl."

Piplup did so. Piplup growled at Chimchar, but Chimchar didn't stop his attack and it connected with Piplup. Scratch did a fair amount of damage.

"Hehe. Now Scratch won't do much damage since growl lowered your attack stat." Said Barry.

"Just because it lowered my attack. Doesn't mean I won't keep attacking. Use Scratch again."

Chimchar did the same process again and lunged forward and did scratch.

"Piplup, dodge it and use Pound."

Piplup moved out of the way of scratch and used pound on Chimchar's back. Chimchar landed on the ground, groaning in pain from the attack.

Lucas groan a bit. He was losing this battle. He needed to figure something else.

"Well time to finish this. Piplup use Pound again."

Piplup's fin glowed white again.

"Quick Chimchar. Dodge and then use Leer."

Chimchar moved out of the way and Piplup pounded the ground. Piplup turned his head and saw that Chimchar's eyes were glowing red.

"Smart move. You lowered my Piplup's defense." Said Barry.

"Yeah. Now Chimchar use scratch." Replied Lucas.

Chimchar used scratch on Piplup and it connected.

"Way to go Chimchar. Use scratch again."

Chimchar used scratch again.

"Jump over Chimchar use pound again."

Piplup jumped over Chimchar and Piplup turned around enough to hit Chimchar's back with pound. Chimchar hit the ground, wincing in pain.

"Come on Chimchar. Get up." Said Lucas.

Chimchar tried, but he fell down to the ground again, still feeling the effects of pound.

"That's quite enough. This battle is over. Don't want to push your Pokemon too much!" Shouted Rowan as he stood up. "Nonetheless, that was a good battle between you two."

"It was. I wish it would have gone longer, but there is always next time." Replied Barry.

"Yeah. I guess." Said Lucas as he walked over and picked up Chimchar while trying not to touch Chimchar's back.

Rowan walked over to Lucas with a small purple color spray. He moved Chimchar and sprayed on the bruised spot. Chimchar winced in pain at the spray but was fine afterwards. Chimchar even jumped out of Lucas's arms and started jumping around, even doing back-flips in excitement. Lucas smiled for a bit, but it changed to a frown.

"Don't be upset. It was good battle none the less. Now this can be a learning experience." Said Rowan.

"Yeah. Besides, it's not like any of us lost or anything. You did good for your first battle." Said Barry as he walked up to Lucas.

"Thank." Replied Lucas.

"I can't wait to see how much you guys improve after your journey. Hopefully we can see a rematch between you two again." Said Dawn.

"No doubt we will have a rematch. You agree Lucas?" Replied Barry.

Lucas nodded.

"Before that happens, I would like to give you guy's these." Said Rowan as he pulled out two red devices and handed them both to Lucas and Barry. "These are called Pokedex's. They are an electronic device that is able to record and give out information about the Pokemon you will see on your journey. It is great for trainers, so they can keep track on what Pokemon you caught."

"Sweet. My dad's Pokedex is a bit different than this but o well. Can't wait to fill see a bunch of Pokemon." Said Barry.

"Same. We should show our mom's these and the Pokemon we got. Besides, we left our stuff back at our houses. We left before we could grab them." Replied Lucas.

"That is true." Said Barry as he picked up his Piplup. "Thanks again Professor. For everything."

Professor Rowan nodded.

"Let's hurry back, so we can start our journey." Said Barry.

Lucas nodded and Chimchar climbed onto Lucas's shoulders and both trainers walked back to Twinleaf town. They got back and went to their own houses to grab their stuff and say bye to their moms.

Unfortunately, Lucas forgot to finish considering most of his clothes were still getting washed. Lucky for him, his mom told him everything is done washing and was in his room, so he went upstairs and finish packing while Chimchar stayed downstairs with Johanna. All his clean clothes were on his bed and he started putting them in his bag. He wanted to be more prepared since he knew he was gonna be gone for a long time and it's not like he has extra cash to buy clothes. He did get cash for his birthday, but he would use it to buy stuff for his Pokemon. Mostly items for when he battles the Gym Leaders.

Anyways, Lucas finished packing all the clothes he had and went downstairs. He got downstairs and Barry & Piplup was already back and was waiting.

"Ready Lucas. I want to get to the next town before dark." Said Barry.

"Ok. Bye mom." Said Lucas as he went over and hugged his mom goodbye.

"Goodbye sweetie. You and Barry better be careful and make sure to call every now and then, just so I can see how you guys are doing."

"No problem."

"Before you leave, I want to give you this." Said Johanna as she turned and grabbed a plastic bag filled with supplies.

"Thanks Mom." Replied Lucas as he put the supplies in his bag.

"No problem. Hope you packed enough clean clothes as well as clean underwear."

"Mom. Don't worry I did." Said a blushing Lucas.

Lucas can hear Barry, Piplup and even his Chimchar snicker a bit behind him

"Well I don't want to hold you up you guy's better get going." Said Johanna.

"Ok. Ready Chimchar?" said Lucas.

"Chimchar." Shouted Chimchar as he ran and jumped on Lucas's shoulder.

Everyone walked out of the house and started walking to Route 201 while waving behind them. They got to Route 201 and was gonna walk to Sandgem town, but Barry stopped in his tracks.

"Wait Lucas." Said Barry.

"What is it?" replied Lucas

"Let's stop by Lake Verity first and catch that legendary Pokemon that lives in it."

"Re…really?"

"Yeah. We can catch it and make Professor Rowan happy since he has never seen it."

"Either have we. We played at the lake for many years and never saw a glimpse of it."

"You'll never know unless we try. Besides, it doesn't hurt to see the Lake one more time before we leave."

"Ok. Why not. It won't take long. I hope."

Barry joyfully ran and grabbed Lucas's hand and dragged him to the lake. Both trainers got to the lake and memories started to flood their minds. The times they went swimming in the lake, play random games like tag, and even camped here just for fun.

Both looked around until they saw someone standing at the edge of the lake, looking out in the distance. He had light blue spiked hair and he was wearing a black suit with a white shirt underneath.

Both trainers were getting a weird vibe from him considering they never seen him before and it sounded like he was talking to himself. They barely could make out the words, but they did hear something about "floating time" and "expanding space". Both were at a loss because they didn't know what he meant, but he seemed like he was talking to the legendary Pokemon.

The guy stopped mumbling and turned away from the lake and walked towards the trainers. Both didn't move from their spot, they just kept staring at him as he got closer and closer to them.

He kept walking until he stopped right in front of them.

"Will you step aside. I'm passing through and you two are in my way." Said the guy.

The two trainers didn't say anything and just stepped aside. The guy then continued walking until he was out of their sight.

"What a very rude and weird guy." Said Barry.

"I agree. Wonder what he meant by floating time and expanding space?" replied Lucas.

"I don't know."

Just then, both trainers were surrounded by a mist that appeared out of nowhere. Both were wondering what was going on until they heard a strange cry.

"You heard that as well Barry?" said Lucas.

Barry just nodded. Both heard the voice again and it looked like it was coming from the lake. Both looked and saw a weird figure. It was hard to figure out what it looked like since they only saw a faded figure. The figure moved around a bit and it went back in the lake.

After that, the mist disappeared.

"You saw that as well?" said Barry.

"Yeah. Must have been the legendary Pokemon." Replied Lucas.

"Maybe. Either way, we lost our chance at getting the legendary Pokemon. Maybe we will have another chance next time. We should get moving and get to Jubilife city before it gets dark."

"Alright."

Both trainers started to leave the lake. Lucas looked back while he was walking away and wondered why the legendary Pokemon showed up all of a sudden.

Hope that turned out all right. I picked Chimchar and Piplup, mostly because they are my favorite starters from Gen 4. Turtwig is alright, I just never used him in the games. I mostly use those two, mostly Chimchar because he is a great starter to start out on Platinum. Another reason I pick Piplup for Barry is because I plan on having Barry face his dad and Piplup can know most of the moves that can wipe out more of his father's Pokemon. At least that is a good enough reason for that. Also, I'm not that good at battle scenes. I'm trying to get better at it with writing Pokemon and Dragonball battles.

Also, As for Cyrus, I don't intend to show him as the leader of Team Galactic yet. Mostly a guy they met and will see in the future.

Hope this turned out great and I already blocked those critics that love trash talking in the comments or PM. I had a few talk to me through a guest review and I erased the message. Like I said before, I don't want any advice from people who only want to cause problems. I don't mind the advice, but only advice that won't lead to problems.

Anyways, Please Review on how this is turning out. Thanks!