Day 1

"Let's go Staraptor!" I called out, laughing as we sped up. I felt my short brown hair whip behind me as we soared through the air. I loved the feeling of flying; it made me feel so free, so wild and crazy. Perfect for a daredevil ranger like me.

"Hey! Wait up Summer!" A voice called out behind me. I felt guilty as I remembered the boy following behind me. His name was Ben, if I remembered correctly, which was iffy since I was bad at remembering names. I had been enjoying the flight to the Oblivia region so much I had forgotten that I wasn't alone. But, if we hurried, we could get to Oblivia before dinner time.

I started to slow down so he could catch up when I noticed something in front of us. A large red figure was being chased by two smaller dark figures. "Woah, what's going on over there?!" I cried out, speeding up again. I heard Ben sigh behind me as he struggled to keep up. Still, I wasn't worried about him right now; I had to see what was happening.

When I caught up to the two smaller figures, I found out there were two people dressed in an unfamiliar green and black uniform, on top of hovering devices. They were yelling at the figure in front of them, but I couldn't catch what they were saying.

"Hey! What are you doing?! STOP!" I cried out to them. They immediately stopped and turned around to face me, letting the large red Pokémon get away. It almost looked like…no way! It was Latias. What was a Latias doing here in Oblivia, and why were these two chasing it?

"Stupid kid! You let Latias get away!" One of the two, the man, yelled at me.

"Wait, red goggles, yellow scarf…a Capture Styler! It's a Pokémon Ranger!" The second one, a woman cried out.

"We'll teach you to mess with us kid, Ranger or not!" The man cried out, sending an enraged Pidgey at me. I easily caught and released it, smirking as I looked at the two. If that was all they could do, this battle was going to be a piece of cake.

"Damn it." The man cried out as he watched the Pidgey fly away.

"Well, if we don't have any Pokémon left, try our plasma cannon attack!" The woman replied with a smirk.

My eyes grew wide as the machines they were standing on started to glow, and two beams of light were shot at me. I steered the Staraptor I was on out of the way just in time, but they were already getting ready to fire again. Well shit, this wasn't going to be much fun.

After dodging the plasma cannon attacks for a while without severely harming myself or Staraptor, their machines ran out of charge.

"Now what do we do?" The woman questioned, sounding worried.

"Why don't we just ram her off that Staraptor of hers?" The man suggested.

"How about we make this a fair fight!" Ben cried out, suddenly flying beside me.

"What took you so long?!" I called out to him, slightly annoyed but still immensely glad he was here to help.

"I had to dodge those light attacks too!" He replied with a smirk.

I rolled my eyes and turned back to the two.

"Shit, we weren't expecting any rangers, not to mention two. We better get out of here." The first guy told the woman, who nodded in agreement.

"We aren't going anywhere." A new voice called out. We all looked above us, seeing another figure on a machine fly down in-between the two. But unlike the others, he was dressed in red clothes, with a red streak in his blond hair. I would guess he was about our age too, but he wasn't very cute. "There is one more on our side now."

"Leader!" The man cried out to the newcomer. "We lost the target, thanks to these Pokémon Rangers."

"I can see that. This is the first time I've seen flying rangers, then again, rangers are a rare sight in the Oblivia region." He paused, examining us. "Two little brats with red goggles and yellow scarfs, how pathetic."

"Pathetic? We are Top Rangers from the Almia region!" I cried back at him.

"And what are you? You're the leader of a team who can't even get rid of a couple of pathetic brats!" Ben told him with a smirk.

"Watch closely you two, I'll show you how to dispose of brats like these." The red guy said to the two beside him, and then pushed a button on his machine. "It's time for them to skydive, without a parachute." At first it didn't seem like it was going to do anything, but then I saw the large beam of light that shot out and was heading right for Ben.

"BEN!" I cried out, instinctively flying my Staraptor in front of him. I screamed as the red light hit me, forcing me to fall off my Staraptor.

"Summer!" I heard Ben call out, but I didn't know where he was. The next thing I knew, I was falling. Falling fast. The wind whipped my hair faster than it ever had before, and I found out falling is nothing like flying. While flying is exciting and heart racing, falling is terrifying.

I hit the ocean with a huge splash, feeling the pain from the impact spread all over my body. As soon as I was able to steady myself, I reached into my bag, pulling out my deep sea mask. I sighed in relief as I felt the oxygen back in my lungs.

I looked down, seeing a piece of my styler falling. I desperately swam after it, but a mantyke reached it before I did. Don't you dare grab that! I thought to myself…but of course since it was a shiny object, it did. I swam up to it, but I must have scared it, because it began to swim away, deeper and deeper into the ocean.

With a sigh, I dove after it. I didn't know what was happening above in the air with Ben and those weird guys, but I knew I wouldn't be any help without my capture styler. After swimming a great ways down, the mantyke dropped my styler. It landed on a ruin, but I wasn't focusing on my surroundings as I reached down and grabbed it, placing it back into its rightful place.

"Warning, warning, strong current heading this way." My voice nav. announced.

Shit. I didn't even have a chance to swim away before I was swept into the current. Well, this mission was clearly not going as planned. I tried to swim out of the current, but I lost consciousness before I could.

I awoke on the beach, sometime in the early afternoon. I sat up and looked around, seeing my tropical surrounding unfamiliar. I touched my styler's current location button, wondering if it would still work.

"Current location: X Coordinate 055665, Y coordinate 355671. You are currently on Dolce Island in the Oblivia region, currently uninhabited." It paused. "Seawater has infiltrated the styler's hard drive. Unable to function properly. Current location…bzzzz… zzz." I switched off the app and sighed. Well, at least I had made it to the Oblivia region. But my styler is broken, and I have no idea where Ben is.

Flashback:

"Welcome you two. It's been a while since we've seen each other, hasn't it." Professor Hastings said to the two of us as we walked into his office. Neither of us knew why we were here, just that we were being relocated. Which wasn't new, top rangers are moved around a lot, placed where they are needed most.

"Have you two met yet?" He asked as he looked at us with a smile.

"No, I'm Summer. I'm from Chicole Village" I said as I turned to face the boy next to me. He was about my age, maybe a year older since I didn't recognize him from the academy. He had long brown hair, brown eyes, and an adorable smile.

"I'm Ben, nice to meet you. I'm from Pueltown." He replied, still smiling. We looked at each other for a couple more seconds before turning back to face Professor Hastings.

"Good, now you're acquainted. You two are both being relocated to the Oblivia region. We have troubling reports of a group of Pokémon Pinchers causing ruckus in the region. Oblivia has always been a peaceful region, so we only have one standing Ranger there. Meet up with him, and come up with a plan to deal with these Pinches. I have faith in you two."

I got up, deciding to look around the island. Even if no one lives on this island, there has got to be someone, or something to help me. I pushed inwards away from the beach, following a path across the island. I couldn't help but notice that there was almost no Pokémon on the island, which felt strange to me.

Up ahead, I saw a little yellow figure, sitting by itself. I ran up to it, seeing it was a Pichu, a little blue ukulele on its back. Aww, now that is cute.

As soon as the Pichu saw me, it became angry, shooting out electricity. "Calm down Pichu, I'm not you enemy." I called out to it, but it didn't stop. With a sigh, I hoped my capture would still work, and raised my arm to capture the Pichu.

Once I did, it calmed down and stopped shooting out electricity. At least that part of my styler can still function. The Pichu seemed happier too, and began to play its ukulele.

"Hey there you are Ukulele Pichu! You're okay! Where are your friends?" A new voice called out. I looked up, seeing an older man walking towards us. As soon as he saw me, his eyes grew wide. "A Ranger! Well aren't you a strange sight around here. I'm Booker; I'm a master shipbuilder from Renbow Island."

"My name's Summer." I told him with a smile. It was then I noticed I was soaking wet, and my body hurt from the many bruises I had gotten from the fall.

"You seem a little shaken up, come back to my place and we can talk about what happened. I live in Cocona Village on Renbow Island." Booker said, and I agreed, Pichu even decided to follow us. As we walked, he explained how he had seen 'UFO''s and people on them chasing the Pokémon around here. I decided to wait until we reached his house to tell him my long story.

We made it Renbow Island on one of Booker's boats, and it wasn't a very long voyage. The whole time I looked up at the sky, hoping to catch a glimpse of Ben. If only I knew where he was, and what had happened after I fell. Well, we are top rangers; we can both find our way to the ranger's house, and just meet up there.

"Welcome to Renbow Island!" Booker announced as we stepped off the ship and onto the dock. I observed my surrounding, but my mind was still occupied with thoughts. As we walked up to the beach, with Booker's house just right there, three kids ran up to us.

"Booker you're back! And little Ukulele Pichu too!" The first kid, a boy in a baseball hat, called to us. "Oh, who's this?"

"This is Summer, she's a Pokémon ranger!" Booker replied, and all three of the kids ran up to me, each asking a million questions about being a ranger and why my outfit was so strange. Pichu ran off, and Booker told Ralph, the boy, to go tell the villagers that a ranger had arrived.

The inside of his house was filled with wood. There was a boat off to the left that was still being constructed. A boy with green hair walked up to us, welcoming his master home. He looked at me, and then went off on this crazy story of how I was replacing him. I was really confused, until Booker explained that this was his apprentice, Nick, and he had a very wild imagination. I just laughed and introduced myself to him. He then seemed more relaxed. I would have guessed he is probably about fifteen, so about two years younger than me.

"Nick, make us some tea." Booker told him, and then let me to a table to sit at. "I know you're tired Summer, but we'd love to hear your story."

I then explained to them everything that had happened since Ben and I had left Almia this morning. I also told them what I knew about Pokémon Pinchers, and that upset Booker. He guessed that the ones chasing the Pokémon on Dolce Island were Pinchers, and they had taken most of the Pokémon from the island.

"Well, what's your plan dear?" Booker asked when I finished.

"I need to find the Ranger here, and then find Ben. After that, we can come up with a plan to stop the Pinchers." I answered before taking a sip of the tea.

"I have an extra room, you can stay here the night and then set out in the morning for Ranger Rand's house." Booker told me. He then fed all of us dinner, and then had Nick show me to my room. I found it extremely hard to sleep that night, but somehow I managed to get a little sleep.