Hi! I'm finally back! Sorry for the long wait, my computer was having so many difficulties that it was ridiculous!(And still is, by the way.) Anyway, it is okay if you don't want to write everything about your OC(s) all at once, but I need you to fill out everything in the forms before I can add your OC(s). Also, you don't have to have your OC(s) be the rival if you don't want to. But I will need the rival before the next chapter, most likely. I might be able to convince my Mom to make the (main) rival for me, though... In this chapter you will meet my other OC. Now, she may be crazy, but that's how I want to portray her. I still have six OC slots available for the group that will be traveling with Crystal, as well as three slots for the rivals and forty slots for gym leaders (please stick to the gym types that are in the games (and yes, I will be using all nine regions)). If you have already submitted an OC, I will not be able to place him/her in an OC slot until everything's been filled out. You can also submit multiple OCs if you want to... Oh! And if you want me to start having the characters talk in the Author's Notes, let me know! Also, I've added something to the OC sheets. Please fill that out, too (gym leaders and rivals don't have bonded legendairies and gym leaders can have ages from 17-93). I can't believe I forgot that the first time around. If you're getting impatient about the pace of this story, this is going to be a very slow paced and detailed story. As in, it will definitely have over one hundred chapters (perhaps over two or three hundred... XD I'm going to try to make this a novel (Is that spelled right?) story, though if there gets to be too many chapters, I will just end this story and turn it into a series). Well... I guess I shouldn't keep you any longer. Enjoy! :)

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Pokémon! I will own Pokémon when the sky turns pink with purple poka-dots.

Crystal DiamondDew and Sara Dusk HeartFord do belong to me, however.


An hour and forty-five minutes later found Crystal and Soullight sitting on the side of the road, having a lunch break. Soullight was eating some Poké food that Crystal had brought; the girl in question was eating some cold K.D. (Kraft Dinner). For some odd reason, she loved some cooked foods cold... They soon finished, and just as they were about to set off again...

"Oh yeah? Well I'll show you to get in my way, you hulking lump of soot!" A voice bellowed from the direction of their destination, a loud thump! followed.

"What, in the name of Arceus, is going on over there?" Soullight demanded.

"I don't know, let's go see!" Crystal replied.

The duo then ran up the road. It wasn't long before they came across a rather strange scene:

A black-haired girl around Crystal's age was shouting at and kicking at a boulder that had fallen onto the road during last night's storm. An exasperated-looking, shiny Purrloin sat five feet behind the girl, watching as though this was nothing new. The female human in question was about two inches taller than Crystal; her wavy, waist-length hair was as black as the middle of the night, and, like Crystal, she wore it loose, without bangs. She wore a bright neon-pink tank-top, neon-yellow mini shorts, and neon-green running shoes with neon-bright teal laces. She also had tan skin.

"If you don't get out of my way right NOW I swear, I'll beat you up so hard you will need sixty-seven paramedics when I'm through with you!" The strange girl yelled at the top of her voice. The boulder just sat there.

Crystal raised an eyebrow while Soullight stared at the girl in disbelief.

"Alright, now you're asking for it! Deathheart! Use Scratch! Destroy that boulder!" The odd girl ordered, obviosly very angry.

The shiny Purrloin, who seemed to be female, sighed and leaped in front of the boulder and scratched it with bared claws. Unsurprisingly, the boulder remained unharmed. This continued for several minutes without it doing anything. Finally, after a nod from Crystal, Soullight used Hidden Power to destroy the bolder. The shiny Purrloin, who was (apparently) designated Deathheart, smiled at Soullight in relieved thanks. Soullight nodded at her.

"Huh? What? Who did that?" The crazy girl wondered, anger at the boulder compleatly forgotten, staring in the opposite direction of Crystal and Soullight. Crystal giggled.

"Over here, silly!" She called.

"Oh!" The black-haired girl spun around. She had baby-blue eyes, and wore bronze earrings with studded rubies which contrasted greatly with her choice of clothing. "Who are you?" She asked.

"I am Crystal DiamondDew, and this is Soullight," Crystal replied, gesturing to herself, then her Treecko. "Who are you?"

"I'm Sara Dusk HeartFord, and my Purrloin here is Deathheart," Sara answered, picking up Deathheart.

Deathheart sighed. "There is no escape for you, now that she's known you for more than five seconds. I suggest you learn how to handle craziness, you'll need it." (Of course, all Sara heard was: "Purr, purrloin purr loin oin purr. Loin purr pur, purrloin.")

Crystal smiled at Deathheart. "I think I can adapt. Don't worry."

Sara looked at Crystal in surprise. "You can understand her?"

"Yes, I can understand all Pokémon. Can't you?"

"No, not really. Most humans can't"

"Oh. How sad," Crystal said, looking down. "It must be so hard for them to communicate with the human race."

"Hey, we do manage to get our points across. One way or another." Soullight said, trying to cheer her up. ("Tr, tree cko cko tree treecko. Treecko.")

"Yeah, I guess so." Crystal replied with a small smile.

"So, where are you going? Or are you just walking along this road for fun?" Sara asked.

"I'm going to Sandgem Town to get my Trainer's Licence. I am also hoping that Professor Rowan will give me a Pokédex so I can enter the league." Crystal replied.

"Wow! So am I! Let's go together!" Sara exclaimed. "This will be so much fun!"

Crystal gave her a weak smile. "If you say so..." I have a feeling that this is going to be a long day, she thought. Still... It's more than likely smarter to have a travel companion.

Sara put Deathheart on the ground. "C'mon then, let's go! Hurry!" She yelled as she grabbed Crystal's wrist and ran down the road dragging her behind, leaving the two Pokémon to chase after them.

"Hey!" Crystal yelped.

"Does your Trainer always act like this?" Soullight asked Deathheart as they raced after their humans. ("Tree tree treecko?")

A sigh. "Unfortunately." came the reply. ("Purrloin.")


Later...

Crystal panted. They had run the entire Arceus-damned way to Twinleaf Town. So, naturally, she was worn-out. The town was very small, with only four houses. The road they had come from was a rather new addition to the area. It used to be so that the only way to and from Twinleaf was the north road. Twinleaf Town was, however, the only rest stop on the way to Sandgem Town. It was getting close to dinner time, so they would have to find someone willing to take them in for the night, or camp out.

The Town had a very simple layout. The road (that was more a path than a road) ran straight down the middle of the Town, two houses on either side, and a path between each row of houses. The houses in question were simple, two-story (if you counted the attic) houses; with the walls made of maple, sheet-rock, and plaster, and were painted white. A forest surrounded the small town.

"Well, I'll do the asking. You'll most likely just weird people out." said Crystal once she caught her breath.

"Okay! I'll follow, I don't want you trying to run away on me." Sara replied.

"Suite yourself, but why would I run away from you?" Crystal asked.

"I don't know, but most people do." Sara shrugged. I wonder why... Crystal thought.

Soullight and Deathheart sighed. Is she really that clueless? They wondered silently.


The next day...

"Sara, a boulder is not going to get out of your way just because you yell at it," Crystal sighed in exasperation. This inparticular conversation had been going on for awhile, now.

"But the last one I yelled at did!" Said a confused Sara. Deathheart sighed.

"It was probably a Geodude, Graveler, or Golem; and your yelling startled it." Crystal patently explained.

"Oh."

Finally, she gets it... Crystal, Soullight, and Deathheart mentaly sighed.

They were walking down the road to Sandgem after spending the night at a kind old lady's house. The old woman had been very kind, and they spent most of their time there talking about history. The old lady didn't seem to mind Sara's rather...err...particuliar...behavier. Their hostest had told them that five hundred years ago, the legendaries Dialga and Palkia were saved from an evil man named Cyrus by her ansestor: Laura.

When they left the next day, she had given them some berries to take on their jurney. Crystal had gotten five Persim and four Aspear Berries, and Sara had gotten five Oran and four Rawst Berries.

They had walked on the road for about three hours before Sara started wondering aloud why the boulder did not get out of her way. Thus, the rather intellegent conversation that followed...


At the Hall of Origen...

Dialga, Deoxys, Lugia, and Rayquaza were standing in front of Arceus, wondering why they had been sumoned. Well Arceus soon cleared that up...

I sumoned you here because the things that the prophesy said to happen are beginning to unfold... Crystal and her friends will need to have their bonded Legendairies soon... But we do not know who is to bond with whom... The four of you are well known as peace-keepers, thus, I will entrust you to look for your yet to be bonded partners without my supervision. But... You must also help me keep an eye on some of the more...impulsive Legendairies. Understood? Arceus asked.

"Yes, Arceus," All four of them said at the same time.


Well? What do you think? Is it good? Is it bad? Should I give up? Should I keep going? Come on, tell me! Anyway, next time, both Sara and Mew get some sugar! What will happen? You'll have to wait to find out! This is DiamondDust signing off!