Here's chapter two, ladies and gentlemen. I honestly thought this would take longer to write but as it turns out, I have too much free time on my hands. Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: Still don't own Pokémon.

On with the story:


Chapter Two

Meeting with destiny


[Three years later]

A young girl of nine, with Auburn hair tied into two pigtails and russet eyes, was playing in her bedroom with a stuffed Pokémon toy.

"Delia. Come downstairs, honey, it's time to go." A voice called from downstairs.

The young girl put her toy down and ran out her bedroom door towards the stairs. When she got downstairs, she was greeted by an older woman in her mid-to-late thirties with, dark brown hair and golden-brown eyes. She turned to Delia with a big smile.

"You ready to go, dear?" She asked.

Delia nodded with a big smile of her own. "Yes mother." She said in a cheery voice. The woman nodded and held out her hand for Delia to take. Delia took her mother's hand and they both left their home.

The sun was shining over the small town of Pallet while the people of the town did their day-to-day tasks. Some people were gardening, some were loading or unloading bags of human and Pokémon food from trucks with the help of Machoke, some were doing their routine shopping for the week and one was doing some important research.

This person was Samuel Oak. An honored Pokémon professor, whose sole purpose is to study and further understand Pokémon. His lab was located on the largest hill in Pallet and was appointed by the Pokémon League as the official location in Kanto for trainers to get their starters for the beginning of their Pokémon journey.

The professor, himself, was a young man in his early thirties with short light-brown hair and brown eyes.

He was sitting at his desk in his lab, sticking a screwdriver into a red rectangular shaped device. "Just need to make an adjustment here and then we'll be ready to field test you." He said to himself. While working on the device, the professor didn't notice two people approaching him from the back door of the lab.

The woman, seeing that the professor's attention was fully on what he was working on, grew a mischievous grin, turned to the little girl holding her hand and moved her finger to her mouth to make a 'be quiet' gesture. The little girl nodded and then watched as the woman let go of her hand and approached the professor as quietly as possible. She was about to give the professor the scare of his life, when...

"Don't even think about it." Said the professor, without even turning around.

The woman face-faulted. The little girl saw the whole thing and let off a giggle. The woman picked herself up and stared at the professor, who was still working on the little device.

"How'd you know I was behind you?" The woman asked, a little annoyed that she was caught.

The professor turned from his work to face the two visitors, a smile on his face. "I've known you since we were kids, Amy. I know you too well."

Amy let off a 'hmph' and crossed her arms while the professor just chuckled. He then turned his attention to the young girl.

"Hello, Delia. How are you today?" He asked.

Delia walked over to the professor and her mother with a bright smile. "I'm fine professor. How are you?" She asked.

"Oh I'm fine. In fact, I've just finished working the kinks on my latest invention." The professor held out the little red device in his right hand. Both Delia and her mother looked curiously at the device.

"What is it Sam?" Amy asked.

The professor smiled. "This is what I like to call, a Pokédex." He held the device out to Delia and she took the device to inspect more closely.

"What does it do?" Delia asked.

"You point the device towards any Pokémon in Kanto or Johto and it instantly scans and then shows you the information of the Pokémon you scanned. Come, I'll show you." The professor gestured for the two girls to follow him to the enclosure out back.

When they went outside, they were met with a view of a large field with a few medium lakes and a large forest surrounding the area. The area was filled with different types of Pokémon from the Kanto and Johto areas all playing, resting, training or eating. The girls followed the professor to a stable where a few Ponyta resided.

"Now watch closely." The professor said as he pointed the Pokédex to a Ponyta.

After a few seconds there was a pinging sound and a picture of a Pokémon appeared. However the three people sweat-dropped at what picture appeared. Instead of a picture of a Ponyta, there was a picture of a Muk instead. What the voice coming from the device said next wasn't any better.

"Ponychu: The bug Pokémon. It flies over its wide territory in search of prey and the jets of water it fires from its rocket cannons on its shell can punch through thick steel."

The professor collapsed to the ground with a loud 'thud', while the two girls sweat-dropped. The professor stood back up with a sheepish grin.

"Well, maybe there's one or two minor things I need to fix before I can send it off to the league to be green lighted." The professor placed the device in his lab coat pocket and he led the girls back to his lab.

"So, what brings you two here, anyway?" The professor asked.

"Getting tired of us already, Sam?" Amy asked in a teasing tone. The professor just chuckled.

"Not at all. I'm just curious." He said.

"Me and mom are heading to Viridian to the big mall they have there and we were wondering if you'd like to come." Delia answered.

"Well that does sound like fun but sadly I'm afraid I can't. I still need to fix the Pokédex AND I have some paper work that needs doing on legendary Pokémon myths." The professor exclaimed with a sigh.

Delia looked a little sad at this but then gave a small smile. "Oh, well. Good luck with the Pokédex professor." Delia said in a cheery tone.

"Thank very much, Delia." He said cheerfully. As he tussled the young girl's brown hair.

"Goodbye, Sam. I'll come see you when we get back." Amy said, taking Delia's hand and walking towards the front door.

"You're both welcome anytime." The professor said, waving goodbye to the two girls before turning back to his desk and placing the broken Pokédex on it.

"And now back to you." He said with a serious look.


The trip to Viridian City was not a long one. By foot it would take someone roughly four days to reach Viridian through the forest. By car, however, it took little under half an hour.

As Delia and her mother entered the car park of Viridian's shopping mall, Delia was looking out her window in the back of the car. Admiring the beautiful buildings and laughing when wild Pokémon ran by. Amy finally parked the car and the two proceeded into the mall. The inside of the mall was definitely a lot bigger than the outside. The mall was filled to the brim with various clothe shops, bakeries, jewelers, beauty parlors for both people and Pokémon and a large number of cafés and super markets.

The floor of the mall was covered in white tiles and at the very center of the mall was a large, circular mosaic forming with different colored tiles making the forms of Zapdos, Moltres, Articuno, Ho-Oh and Lugia all flying around a sun with sunlight shining down on them from the domed glass ceiling, giving the art an other-worldly feel. This being her first time to Viridian mall, the sight amazed Delia to no end. She was taken out of her daze when her mother tapped her on the shoulder and the young girl responded by looking up to her.

"Honey, I'm just going to that bakery over there. Wait over by the mosaic for me, kay?" Amy asked while pointing to an old fashioned looking bakery.

Delia nodded and went towards the center of the mall where the mosaic resided. While Delia was waiting for her mother to return, Delia was looking at each of the Pokémon depicted in the art.

"So… Beautiful." She thought out loud admiringly.

Her thoughts were interrupted however, as someone bumped into her and they both fell to the ground with a 'thud'.

Groaning, Delia looked to her right to see a boy her age with raven black hair sitting up and rubbing the back of his head in pain. He turned to Delia and an angry look appeared on his face.

"Why don't you watch where you're going!" He snapped.

Delia's eyes widened and fury took over. She stood up and put her hands firmly on her hips, her eyes flaring with anger.

"ME?! You're the one that ran into me, jerk!"

Before the boy could make a retort, the sound of yelling could be heard from across the mall. Delia and the boy turned to see an angry looking blonde man with a security guard running towards them.

"Damn it." The boy said under his breath.

Delia turned to face the boy with a smirk.

"Friends of yours?" She asked in mock curiosity.

The boy sneered at Delia but didn't have time to say anything. He immediately got up and was about to run when he felt something, or rather someone, grab his arm. Turning his head sharply, the boy was face to face with Delia who was holding onto his arm to make sure he didn't go anywhere.

"Where do you think you're going?" She asked, the smirk growing more evil.

The boy's eyes widened in shock and he tried desperately to pull his arm out of her grip with little success. Damn, this girl was strong.

"Ah, ah, ah. You're not getting away that easily." Delia said in a sing song voice.

The boy looked pleadingly at Delia.

"Please let me go. Come on, I'm sorry I ran into ya, alright? Now let me go." The boy pleaded while still trying to pull out of her grip. Delia just kept smiling.

"I don't think so."

As the blonde and the security guard got ever closer, the boy had to think fast. After a few seconds of thinking, he sighed and relaxed. This made Delia loosen her grip as she believed that the boy decided to give up. This was a mistake however as the boy immediately yanked his arm away from her and started running while yelling behind him.

"SUCKER!"

Delia was now both shocked and angry. Making a decision, she started chasing after the boy. She followed him out of the mall and down a small street to the right. As they ran, various passersby gave them odd looks and some gave them angry loks for nearly running into them. But Delia didn't care about that. All she cared about was catching up to the idiot running away from her.

"COME BACK HERE YOU JERK!" She yelled at the running boy.

The boy quickly glanced back at Delia then brought his attention back to what was in front of him.

"WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?!" He yelled back to her.

"YOU KNOCK ME OVER, BLAME ME FOR IT, YOU'VE CLEARLY DONE SOMETHING WRONG, AND ABOVE ALL YOU WERE VERY RUDE!" As she said this they ran into a park with a large lake.

"SO WHAT, YOU WANT AN APOLOGY?!" He yelled as they ran past the lake.

"YES!" Delia yelled.

Delia was so caught up in the moment that she didn't notice the small rock stuck in the ground. She tripped on it and fell into the lake. The boy stopped after hearing the splash and turned to see what happened. Seeing what happened to Delia, the boy started laughing and rolling on the ground in convulsions. Anyone passing by would've thought he was having a heart attack. He stopped laughing however, after hearing frantic cries coming from the lake.

"HELP! HELP, I CAN'T SWIM!" The cries were coming from Delia.

The boy ran towards where she fell in and saw her flailing about in the lake trying to stay up. The boy was about to jump in before he thought of something.

"How do I know this isn't a trick?!" He asked.

Delia's eyes widened at the question. "I'M NOT LYING, YOU IDIOT! JUST SHUT UP AND HELP M-!"

After saying this, Delia was completely sub-merged under water. The boy's eyes widened and he started to panic when she didn't re-surface.

"Oh no." He said under his breath.

Delia was desperately trying to trying to swim back to the surface with little success. She wouldn't give up though. As she kept kicking furiously with her legs, she began to feel consciousness slip away as her eyes began to close. Before she was completely unconscious, she felt a pair of hands grab under both her arms and pull her back to the surface of the lake. Once both she and her rescuer broke the surface of the lake they took in as much air as possible. Delia's vision began to clear up and she turned to look at her rescuer.

It was none other than the boy she was chasing just a few minutes ago.

Once they reached the edge of the lake, the boy helped Delia to get out of it and then pulled himself out once she was on solid ground. The boy then fell on his back and lay on the grass, breathing heavily. He was shortly joined by Delia who was breathing just as heavily. After a minute or two, the boy finally spoke.

"Are you okay?" He asked with slight concern.

Delia turned to face the boy. She looked into his blue eyes for a moment and felt her cheeks go warm. She immediately looked away before finally speaking.

"Yes I am. Thank you."

The boy nodded and looked back up at the sky. After another minute, Delia spoke up.

"So, what'd you steel?" She asked.

The boy sat up and looked at her quizzically.

"What do you mean?"

Delia sat up now and looked the boy in the eyes.

"From the mall, what did you take?"

The boy looked away towards the sky.

"I didn't take anything." He said honestly.

Delia raised an eye brow at the boy.

"Then why were those guys chasing you?"

The boy chuckled and looked back at her.

"We just had a, 'disagreement'." He said adding air quotes to disagreement.

"I see." Delia said, crossing her arms, still looking at the boy with an accusing look.

"So, you gotta name?" The boy asked, wanting to change the subject. Delia smirked and shook her head but answered.

"Delia."

The boy smiled and held out his hand. "Nice to meet ya. I'm David."

Delia just looked at his hand and then back up at him. David slowly put his hand down and then put the other behind his head.

"So, where're you from?" He asked, giving a toothy grin.

Though she was still a little mad, Delia thought it would be rude not to answer, especially after he saved her life.

"Pallet Town." She finally answered.

David smirked. "Oh. A country girl, huh? I hear it's nice up there."

"Yes it is. It's a lot quieter than here." Delia said, her right eye twitching at the 'country girl' comment.

"Yeah, Viridian can be loud." David chuckled.

"And crowded." Delia added.

"Yes, and crowded." David agreed, laughing as he did.

They both went into another few minutes of silence. Niether saying anyhting to the other. David had stolen a few glances towards the girl next to him every now and then, hoping she wouldn't notice. Little did he know, she was doing the same to him. They both then turned their attention to the night sky, neither realising how late it had gotten until now.

"I can't see the stars here. There're too many lights in this city. Not like in Pallet." Delia said absently.

"You can see the stars clearly out there?" David asked.

Delia nodded.

"When the skies are clear at night you can see everything. It's like looking into a new world filled with lights. And when the moon is full that just adds to how beautiful it is." She said

"Hm. I like the sound of that. Maybe I'll be able to see that one day." David said.

"I'm sure you will."

They both slipped into another few minutes of silence, just staring up at the dark sky. It wasn't quite awkward but more of a neutral silence. They were both quite content with lying there in silence, getting lost in their own thoughts.

"So, if you're from Pallet, what're you doing in Viridian?" David asked. Finally breaking the silence between them.

"I came here to do some shopping in the mall here with my mo…" Delia's eyes grew wide in both shock and realization and she jumped to her feet.

"Oh my Arceus, My mom, she's back at the mall. She's probably worried sick right now! I don't even know where I am!" Delia began panicking and breathing very heavily.

David stood up and placed both hands on her shoulders.

"Calm down, I'll take you back to the mall. Just follow me." David took Delia's hand and ran back the way they came, dragging her with him.

When David and Delia arrived back at the mall, they stooped a few feet away and saw a woman, a blonde man, and a security guard talking to an Officer Jenny. Delia recognized the woman instantly.

"That's my mom over there." Delia pointed out.

David saw the woman and the Officer Jenny and nodded.

"Well, this is where we say goodbye." David said.

Delia looked back at David and nodded.

"I guess so." She said.

Though she didn't know why, Delia couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness as she said that. Yes, this boy caused her to have a headache of a day but he seemed nice enough. She turned and began heading towards her mother.

"See ya 'round. Country Girl." David said with a playful smirk. Delia's eye twitched again.

"Delia." She said through gritted teeth.

David chuckled as he watched Delia return to her mother. He then turned on a heel and disappeared.


It was quiet in the dorm room of ten year old Giovanni. He was lying on his bed, a Meowth curled up on his legs, and reading a large book entitled 'How to make the perfect business.' People who didn't know Giovanni would find it odd for a boy his age to be reading such a heavy book. But not to people who did know him, for you see, Gio was very intelligent for a boy his age. He was top of his class in all subjects and many of his teachers agreed that he had a bright future ahead of him. He looked away from his book to stare at the empty bed across from his. Shaking his head he went back to reading his book.

Just then, the window to his room opened up and none other than David climbed in. Looking up from his book, Gio eyed his best friend with an accusing gaze. David looked at him and shrugged.

"What?" He asked.

Gio went back to reading his book.

"You're late."

David shrugged again.

"And?"

"It's past curfew. Deveroux was pretty angry when he asked me where you were."

David's eyes grew wide at this.

"And what'd you tell 'im?" David asked as he went to pet Meowth. The normal-type Pokémon gave a content purr. Gio turned the page of his book and continued reading.

"I said that Nurse Joy kept you back for another while to help her move some new medical equipment around. He still seemed angry but not as angry as before."

David let off a sigh of relief. "Thanks, Gio. I owe you one."

"MORE than one, David." Gio corrected with a smirk.

David rolled his eyes, went over to his bed, fell back onto it and stared at the ceiling. It had been one hell of a long day.

"So where were you really?" Gio asked, still looking at the book.

David continued staring at the ceiling as he answered.

"The mall." He said.

"What'd you break?" Gio said with a sigh.

"What makes you think I broke something?" David said as he looked at his best friend with wide eyes. Gio looked away from his book and at David.

"Because, my incompetent fool of a best friend, I know you too well. You are completely accident prone. Everything you touch breaks."

David gave Giovanni an incredulous look.

"Does not!" He snapped.

"What about the vase in the lobby?"

"Oh come on, it's not my fault the janitor forgot to put up a wet floor sign."

"Our classroom window."

"In my defense, I didn't see the duct tape holding it in place."

"Mrs. Waterflower."

David gave Gio another incredulous look.

"Really? You're going to blame that on me?"

Giovanni shrugged.

"Whatever it takes to get my point across."

David just crossed his arms and looked back up at the ceiling. Giving a heavy sigh, David finally spoke up.

"I may or may not have dropped a glass model of a Dragonite causing it to smash."

David turned back to see Gio shaking his head and giving David a look that said 'really?' David just shook it off and turned back to face the ceiling.

"Anyway that's not why I was late." He said absent mindedly.

This caught Giovanni's attention.

"Oh? What happened?" He asked.

"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you." David sighed.

"Try me."

David thought for a moment then shrugged.

"Alright." He started.

"When I was running out of the mall I ran into a girl. When I got back up I ran for the exit and she followed, demanding an apology. She followed me until we reached the park where she tripped and fell into the lake."

"Oh, the first girl to ever fall for you." Giovanni joked.

David scowled at him but continued on, ignoring the bad joke.

"Anyway, turns out she couldn't swim, so I dove in to save her. When I pulled her out, we both fell on the grass and talked for the next few minutes. After that I brought her back to the mall because her mom was there looking for her. And then I came back here." David finished.

Giovanni looked at him for moment with a blank expression before finally speaking.

"You're right, I don't believe you." He deadpanned.

David sat up and looked at Giovanni.

"It's the truth. She's a country girl, from Pallet Town."

"Alright, alright. So this 'country girl', does she have a name or what?"

David lay back down on his bed and stared back up at the ceiling. A small smile crept onto his face at the thought of the girl's name.

"Yeah. Delia."


That was chapter two ladies and gentlemen, I hope you enjoyed it. Not gonna lie, this was a tough one to write. But I like how it turned out. And I had fun writing how David and Delia first met. Any who, Leave a review and let me know what you thought.

Until then, live long and prosper and may the force be with you.