It was a beautiful day. Misty Waterflower was sitting by the Cerulean Cape, wanting to stay from the gym for the day. She was now 21 years now, the most powerful Kanto Leader. She had a long orange hair that went passed her shoulders, tied up into a high ponytail. Her cerulean eyes were beautiful even. Her body was too, she was just as beautiful as her three sisters. She has a Mystic Dewdrop around her necklace. She was wearing a red hoodie with a yellow undershirt. She had a pink ribbon around her waist, blue shorts with a light blue trim, and white sneakers with yellow laces. She looked at her reflection in the water, with a twinge of familiarity.

Why did she have this bad feeling? Everything was going pretty good for her, ever since she had been offered a vacation. (Freaking finally, in her opinion.) She was considering going to multiple places. Hoenn crossed her mind, wanting to see how Max was doing with the start of his journey. Johto also crossed her mind, wanting to see Sakura or May. The Orange Islands were out, Rudy was getting married - as she heard through the grapevine. Orre was too dangerous, so she had heard from multiple people. Kalos she wanted to go to, just for the Luminous Tower. Alola was also a good idea, since it was like the Orange Islands.

Misty groaned, getting up. She wanted to visit them all. But something crossed her mind. Sinnoh. She would love to go there, it was filled with wonder and water Pokemon she really wanted to capture. Plus to the fact there was going to be a gathering of Water Pokemon Gym Leaders in Pastoria City. She had been invited, of course. And she wanted to go more than anything in the world. But she didn't want to go and then leave right away. She wanted to spend time in Sinnoh. That's when she made up her mind. Her vacation was going to be in the Sinnoh region.

Feeling renewed, Misty started to walk back from the cape. She couldn't wait to tell her sisters her decision.

When she got back to the gym, she saw that Daisy was talking to a brown haired girl. Her hair was tied up in a French braid, sitting on her right shoulder. She had green eyes. Her body was beautiful. She wore a silver locket around her neck. On her right wrist was a Poketch that Misty heard about. On her left wrist was a Keystone on a beautiful red bracelet. She was wearing a dark purple short sleeved blouse with a black flower pattern on it. Her white skirt was just shy of her knees and had a turquoise pattern on it. She was wearing gray sneakers with pink laces.

Daisy turned to Misty and gushed, "Oh, like hi, Misty. I want you to meet your guide and a friend of mine. Ranee Katina."

Misty raised an eyebrow and asked her sister, "How'd you know I decided on going to the Sinnoh region for my vacation?"

Daisy teased, "Cause that's where your boyfriend is going!"

Misty turned red as her hair as she shouted, "Ash Ketchum is not my boyfriend!"

Daisy giggled as Ranee decided to interrupt.

She asked, "So when do you want to go, Miss Waterflower?"

Misty turned to Ranee as she answered, "Please, call me Misty, Miss Katina."

Ranee stated, "While we're on name changes, call me Ranee please."

Misty nodded as she added, "Also, I want to grab a few Pokemon before we go."

Daisy begged, half joking, "Leave me Gyarados?"

Misty hissed, "No way! Last time you left Gyarados here alone, I almost lost the gym because of it!"

Ranee perked up at this and asked Daisy, "Did that really happen, Daisy?"

Daisy laughed uncontrollably and answered, "Sadly."

Ranee sweatdropped as she stated, "Geese... I happen to agree with Misty on this one."

Daisy just kept laughing, embarrassed as she hung her head. Ranee smiled, trying her hardest not to laugh. Misty came over, with a blue backpack. She put in at least two pokeballs: Gyarados and Corsola. She turned to Ranee, seeing that she also had two pokeballs on her as well. She couldn't wait to see what kind of Pokemon this trainer had. But that bad feeling was just urking her. Wait...

Misty looked at Daisy and asked, "How'd you know Ash was going to Sinnoh?"

Daisy blinked in confusion as she answered, "Cause he, like, called, looking for you. He was going to Sinnoh for the third annual Wallace Cup."

Ranee stated, "Oh yeah, that's going on the same weekend as the meeting of the Water type gym leaders!"

Daisy nodded and replied, "That's, like, right. The contest is on Friday and the meeting is on Saturday. Sunday is a Croagunk Festival."

Ranee admitted, "I heard someone is bringing a shiny Croagunk to that festival."

Misty looked confused and asked, "What's a Croagunk?"

Ranee took out her light purple Pokedex, bringing up Croagunk's information.

Dexter chirped, "Croagunk, the Toxic Mouth Pokemon. A Poison/Fighting type. Its cheeks hold poison sacs. It tries to catch foes off guard to jab them with toxic fingers. Inflating its poison sacs, it makes an eerie blubbering sound for intimidation."

Misty nervously chuckled as she commented, sweatdropping, "Well, at least it isn't a Bug type..."

Ranee stated, "Hardly." She paused and added, "Before we go, Misty, I would like to have a battle with you."

Misty perked up at this and started to answer, "For a badge? I'm sorry, you'll have to..."

Ranee waved her hand as she replied, "Not for a badge. Just a battle. One on one, no time limits. My Dartrix against one of your Water types."

Misty responded, "Sure, that sounds great! I could go for battling an Alola Pokemon."

Ranee smirked as she told her, "A strong Alola Pokemon."

With that, the two of them went to the pool. Misty was on the red diving board while Ranee was on the blue one. Daisy was on the white one, as the referee.

She announced, "The Pokemon battle between Ranee and Misty will, like, now begin. Each trainer will use, like, one Pokemon a piece, as previously agreed."

Ranee took out a poke ball. She made it bigger, throwing into the air. With a flash of light and a who as a chirp, Dartrix appeared. The Grass/Flying type landed on one of the pool's many floaties, waiting its opponent.

Ranee explained, "This one is close to evolving. I want to use it in the Wallace Cup as a Decidueye. With its Ghost like abilities, we can sweep the judges."

Misty stated, "That's not a bad idea!" That's when she got Seadra's Pokeball. She added, "But that's nothing compared to my Seadra!" She made it bigger, throwing it into the pool. With a flash of light and a strong hiss, Seadra appeared. She finished, "Misty calls Seadra!"

Ranee replied, "Seadra, huh? Not a bad idea but let's see how it can handle Dartrix." She paused and commanded, "Dartrix, Energy Ball!"

Dartrix started to make a green energy ball in its beak. It fired the Grass type move at Seadra.

Misty countered, "Seadra, quick, fire it back with Hydro Pump!"

Seadra took a deep breath, unleashing the stream of water from its mouth. The Energy Ball got in the middle of the Hydro Pump, making the Energy Ball sparkle as it dissolved into thin air.

Ranee commented, "Not bad and that was rather beautiful." She turned to the Blade Quill Pokemon and commanded, "Leaf Blade!"

Dartrix's wings started to glow a green color as it started to fly towards Seadra.

Misty stayed calmed as she countered, "Twister!"

Seadra fired the wind tornado out of its mouth, the big wind entrapping Dartrix inside. Dartrix stopped its Leaf Blade.

Ranee breathed, "Dartrix!" She quickly commanded, "Quick, use Fury Attack!"

Dartrix's beak started to glow as it used multiple pecks to destroy the Twister. Each peck, when it came out of the Twister, looked like a Braviary riding on the wind.

Misty was awed by this and whispered, "She's good."

Ranee cheered, "Nice going Dartrix!"

Dartrix whooed, flapping its wings happily.

Misty stated, "They are good but so are we!" She commanded, "Seadra, use Scald!"

Seadra started to glow a red light, firing the very hot water out of its mouth. Ranee saw this and gasped.

She countered, "Dodge it Dartrix!"

Dartrix flapped its wings, using the Scald as a way to enhance the way its feathers looked. Misty was in complete awe. Not only was Ranee a really good trainer, she even incorporated her contest skills with her battling style.

Meanwhile, in Celestic Town, Sinnoh; Carolina seemed to have frowned. She didn't know what it was. She was down at the Celestic Ruins again, looking at the Lustrous Orb. It was glowing a white color.

"Something wrong, Grandmother?" A familiar voice asked.

Carolina turned around as she saw Cynthia standing there. She shook her head.

"I just don't understand it." Carolina admitted. "I do not know why the Lustrous Orb is glowing the way it has been."

Cynthia took a look at it and told her, "The Adamant Orb has been doing the same thing. I came here as a request from Gary Oak."

Carolina nodded in understanding, looking back at the Lustrous Orb.

She stated, "It's been 5 years since those youngsters and you saved Sinnoh - and probably the world - at Mt. Coronet. Now I'm beginning to wonder if things are really as peaceful as we think they are."

Cynthia replied, crossing her arms in front of her chest, "In all honesty, the world was saved multiple times by Ash Ketchum and his friends. It hasn't been just Dawn and Brock. There have been others as well. And I'm hoping if we can bring them all together in one place, we can tell them what we are worried about. That the world is being threatened again. Only this time, it is not just our world."

Carolina perked up at this and asked, "Wait, what do you mean by that, Cynthia?"

Cynthia explained, "Well, if you think about it, we have to admit that there is more than just our world out there, Grandmother. There are multiple. Arceus must've made those dimensions for a reason."

Carolina stated, "That is a valid point."

Cynthia nodded as she walked over to the Lustrous Orb. She felt the smooth surface of the artifact, closing her eyes as she did. She opened them fast, looking around. She turned to Carolina.

She asked, "Did you say something?"

Carolina blinked in confusion and answered, "No, I didn't."

Cynthia said nothing but that's when another person entered. This person was a brown haired girl. Her hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail, she had brown eyes, wearing a long sleeved light green peasant blouse, a rather short blue skirt, white socks, black sneakers, and a white backpack. She had a machine on her right arm and a visor. Her name was Erika Jones, the snagger from the Orre Region.

Erika asked, "You sent for me, Miss Cynthia?"

Cynthia nodded as she answered, "Yes, thank you for coming so quickly."

Carolina saw her and questioned, "Another youngster?"

Cynthia explained, "Yes, one of the trainers from Pallet Town. She was in the same class as Ash and Gary. She chose to be the snagger of Orre when her older brother, Michael, was killed by the hands of Master Greevil."

Erika sighed sadly as she stated, "One time I wished I had gotten Bulbasaur sooner."

Cynthia replied, "There's not much you can do now. But we do need your help in this case."

Erika responded, "Better tell me what we're up against, Miss Cynthia. Cause I'm not sure if we can help if we fly blind."

Carolina told the young girl, "She probably doesn't know either."

Cynthia confessed, "I don't but I do know this for sure - we need to stay together."

Wishmaker1028: I wanted to put this chapter out on April 1st. Reason being, the Pokemon anime turned 20 years old in Japan. Wow, has it been that long since then? We are all getting old... Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!