Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or Harvest Moon.

Lola woke up the next morning, feeling refreshed. Her sister, Rena was not in bed. Lola found this strange since her sister always tried to sleep in back in Hearthome. Lola dressed in an aqua-blue short sleeved shirt over a lime green long sleeved shirt, with gray jeans and pink high tops. She put her short, auburn hair in its usual style (if you've seen that blond girl on Monster Buster Club, that's how her hair looks). Madge followed Lola as she hurried down the stairs.

In the kitchen, Oliver and Jack sat eating bacon and eggs. Seven year old Hannah, was eating cereal. Hannah and Jack both had brown hair and hazel eyes like Gilda. Jack, unlike Oliver, was very energetic, but like Oliver he could be very serious. Overall, both boys were getting along well. Jack's Meditite was also getting along with Thierry, Oliver's Abra.

After scarfing down some breakfast, Lola and Madge ran outside. Today, it was really sunny and warm, with no clouds in the sky. Across the farm, Lola spotted Rena exiting a small shed, carrying the egg that she had received yesterday.

"Hey, Rena!"Lola cried. "What are you doing?"

Rena hurried over to greet her sister, careful not to drop her egg. "Gilda's Torkoal were warming up the egg. I think it might be close to hatching."

"Cool."Lola said.

"Vulpix!"Madge cried running over to greet a Minun that was coming into the farm. Ginny soon followed with a Torchic.

"Hope you guys are ready for the grand tour."Ginny remarked, grinning.

Lola grinned back. "You bet!"

Oliver and Jack ran out of the house with their two fighting type Pokémon.

"We want to come to, Ginny."Oliver stated.

"Okay."Ginny nodded. "What about you, Rena?"

Rena shook her head. "I'll meet up with you guys later. Right now, I want to try and hatch the egg."

Exiting the farm, Oliver, Jack, and Lola followed Ginny over a bridge and to a medium sized house, with a small pen connected to it. Behind the house, there were two sheds. The pen contained three Stantler, two Girafarig, and a Pelliper. They followed Ginny into the house. Inside, an elderly woman with a Miltank and Mr. Mime was making tea at a stove.

"In case you don't know, this is my house."Ginny announced. She gestured to the elderly woman. "That's my grandmother."

In the backyard, they entered one of the sheds. There were a couple of sheds lined with Pokémon eggs.

"My sister, Elena, is a Pokémon breeder. These are eggs that people buy from her."

"Where is your sister?"Lola asked.

"She went to the store, to flirt with her boyfriend, Thomas."Ginny replied.

"Say, Ginny, are you an orphan?"Lola asked.

Oliver glared at his younger talkative sister. "Annabelle, don't be rude."

Lola stepped on his foot, hard. "Don't call me Annabelle!"

Ginny grinned, witnessing a sibling battle. "I'm not exactly an orphan. My mother died after I was born, but my Dad's still alive. He just travels a lot. I have two other sisters and two brothers, but they're all on their journeys."

"Ohhh."Lola said.

Exiting the shed, they entered the other shed, that Ginny stated was her garage.

"This is where I invent stuff."She said.

"So, you're an inventor."Oliver remarked, inspecting a Pokedex that had a sort of video camera on it.

Ginny nodded. "I love technology. So, I like to find ways to improve it. We'll be taking one of my inventions out for a cruise."

Minutes later, they were cruising down a dirt road, in a sort of golf cart. It could fit about six people and it had a hood and windows. Plus, it had a trunk.

"I want to drive this back!"Jack cried. "It's awesome."

Soon, they came to the more town part with shops and some houses. They followed Ginny into a sort of small supermarket. At the checking out desk, a tall, slender good looking boy, who looked about sixteen, with dark brown hair and golden brown eyes sat, waiting for customers. A Hitmonlee stood near the door, like a guard.

"Hey, Thomas."Ginny greeted. "Have you seen Elena?"

"Hey, Ginny."He replied. "Your sister headed to the gardening store to get new gardening gloves."

"Ah. These are the two new kids, Lola and Oliver Patterson."

"So, the Patterson kids are here. I'm Thomas Thatcher."

"Pleased to meet you."Lola grinned.

"I'm just giving them a tour of the valley."Ginny explained. "Want to come?"

Thomas shook his head. "I would, but I'm still on my shift. Maybe next time."

Back outside, Jerry, the kid who battled Ginny the day before, ran up to them, followed by Toddie, his Totodile.

"I'm going into the forest to catch a new Pokémon. And afterwards, I'm going to battle you and win, Ginnifer!"He announced to her, and he stomped off.

Ginny shook her head. "He's never going to win."

"Are there a lot of wild Pokémon in the forest?"Oliver asked.

"That's where I caught my Gloom."Jack stated, taking out a pokeball. "There are mostly grass, electric, flying, and normal types."

"Come on."Ginny said. "Let's head there next."

The forest wasn't large, but a nice size, with plenty of trees and bushes heavy with fresh berries. There were several ponds filled with water types, and some patches of lettuce and mushrooms.

"Those mushrooms," Jack explained, pointing to one group. "Are pretty good in salads."

"And those," Ginny pointed to a much darker group of mushrooms. "Cause indigestion."

Venturing farther in, they soon came to a small clearing full of Pokémon like Hoppip and Oddish playing. Suddenly, a Scyther popped out of the bushes and started chasing the poor grass types around, trying to scare them off.

"Hey!"Oliver cried. "Leave them alone!"

The Scyther glared, and started chasing them.

"So, Ginny, what do we do?"Lola asked.

"Run faster!"Ginny cried.

"Wait."Oliver said, stopping. "We have Pokémon. Let's fight back!" Oliver threw a pokeball. "Thierry, come on out!"

"Abra!"Thierry cried.

"Use Confusion!"Oliver called.

Before the Scyther could use Slash, Thierry attacked with Confusion, confusing the Scyther for a bit. When the Scyther charged again, Thierry used Teleport to escape. Finally, Thierry used Confusion again. But the Scyther got right back up and attempted to attack. Ginny let out a Torchic, and ordered it to use Ember. Finally, the Scyther was knocked out.

Ginny handed Oliver a pokeball. "Go ahead and catch it if you want."

Oliver threw the pokeball, and he instantly caught the Scyther. "Yes, my second Pokémon!"

Lola checked her watch. "You guys, it's past lunchtime."

"Alright."Ginny said hugging her Torchic, Farley. "You guys want to come to my house for lunch? My sister's making burgers and strawberry tarts. She's a really good cook."

They agreed to have lunch at Ginny's and to continue the tour afterwards.

Elena, Ginny's sister, was about fifteen. She had long dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She seemed really nice and her cooking was really good. After lunch, the four kids headed back to town.

"This is Town Hall."Ginny explained, as they entered a large building. "This is where the mayor and other important people reside."

The mayor's secretary, a pretty woman with tawny loose curls and bright blue eyes, sat at a desk, getting paperwork together with a Medichem.

"This is Helen Phillips."Ginny told them. "She's one of the mayor's secretaries, and Jerry is her son."

"Pleased to meet you, Ms. Phillips."Oliver said, politely.

"Nice to meet you Patterson kids, too."Helen said, smiling. "And, please, call me, Helen."

"Say, is the mayor in today, Helen?"Jack asked.

Helen shook her head. "Not today. He went to Mineral town for a meeting."

"Alright,"Ginny said. "You'll have to meet him tomorrow."

Outside again, Ginny showed them the librairy, candy store, the small clothing store, the church, the post office, the wishing well, and a few other stores. Finally, they ventured in to the forest once again, where Jerry was attempting to catch a Pidgey.

"Toddie, use Water Gun!"Jerry called.

The Water Gun hit the Pidgey, knocking it to the ground. Jerry threw the pokeball, and caught it.

"Yes! I'll battle you now, Ginny. And I'll win!"

Ginny shook her head. "Don't you ever learn?"

Suddenly, they heard a crash coming from deep within the forest.

"What was that?"Lola cried.

"I don't know."Ginny replied.

"Come on!"Oliver called, running towards it. "Let's go see what it is."

The five kids ran through the forest, passing by scared and confused looking Pokémon. Finally, they came to another small clearing, with a sort of cave connected to a wall of rock. The cave was barely noticeable because it was hidden behind a large rock. There was a ten or eleven year old boy standing in the clearing with a Hitmontop. He had reddish brown hair and light green eyes. For some reason he wore a top hat and a smirk on his face.

"What have you been up to, Colin?"Jack asked, suspiciously.

"Nothing, Jack."Colin replied. "I came in here to look for more mushrooms, and I heard something so I ran over here. I saw some guy trying to push the boulder away, but when he saw me he ran off."

Ginny rolled her eyes. "Likely story. What were you really up to?"

"I'm telling the truth, Gin."Colin replied.

"You know," Jack began. "I bet that you were trying to scare us, so you made that noise. And you made up some phony story."

"Come on, you guys."Ginny said, turning around and walking away. "Let's head home. It's almost four."

In the cruiser..

"Say, Ginny, who was that guy?"Lola asked.

"Colin Brown, this total troublemaker and con man."Ginny answered, keeping her eyes on the road.

"Isn't he a little too young to be considered a con man?"Oliver asked.

"Well, he tricks people into buying useless junk."Jack explained. "And he gambles."

Soon, they entered Acre farm, where Lily was petting one of the Rapidash with a green ribbon around its neck. Lola got out of the cruiser and hurried over to tell her mom about her day.

"Hey, Mom."Lola greeted. "Nice, a Rapidash."

Lily nodded. "This is Aspen, my Rapidash from when I lived here."

"I didn't know that you had a Rapidash."Oliver said, coming over, followed by Jack and Ginny.

"Oh, Mom, this is my friend, Ginny Hart."Lola said.

"Hello, Ginny."Lily greeted. "I do believe that I went to school with your father, Alec Hart."

Ginny nodded. "That's him."

"Well, Ginny, would you like to stay for dinner?"Lily asked. "If that's okay with your parents?"

"Oh, I don't live with my parents. But I'll call and ask my grandmother."

"Sweet!"Lola cried, letting Madge out of her pokeball. "And maybe you can even sleep over! Can she, Mom?"

Lily smiled. "As long as her grandmother is okay with it then, yes."

"You guys, hurry!"Rena called from the steam shed. "The egg is hatching!"

They all hurried over, to see the egg, surrounded by three Torkoal, hatch into a Pichu.

"Pichu!"It cried.

"How cute!"Rena cried, picking the little guy up. "I'm going to call you Spix."

Oliver let out Thierry and his Scyther, Sith, and Ginny let out her Torchic, Farley, and her Minun, Merlin.

"I caught a Scyther today, Mom."Oliver told Lily.

Lily smiled. "That's great, Oliver."

They were now officially part of Forget Me Not Valley. Lola had friends, Ginny and Madge the Vulpix. Oliver had friends, Jack, Thierry, and Sith. And even Rena had a Pichu named Spix for company. So, now life in the valley really begins.