PM: Ooh, this'll be good! MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! I'M EVIL! But you knew that.

CHAPTER 1:

New-World Experience

Falling… that's what I saw next. I saw that a desert was going to be the last thing I'd touch. I blacked out a few minutes later, but before that, I was scooped up from my fall by a dragonish creature…

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My eyes opened slowly, allowing my green eyes to see I was in some sort of laboratory. The floor and walls were gray, while the ceiling was white. I got up from the red couch I was on and began walking around the room. It was higher tech than my home, but so familiar… suddenly the door began making a noise, and opened. A voice that obviously came from a scientist said coolly:

"So you're awake…" A chuckle came from the person's throat.

I looked in the voice's direction to see a man with wild, silver-dark gray hair in a style like Raikou's tail, a thunderbolt-like style, at which I sweat dropped.

"EIN!" I cried when I recognized him.

"You know my name, eh?" Ein said.

"Uh, yeah… chief scientist and high level Admin of Team Cipher of previous era, and master…" I sweat dropped. "Hair stylist…"

"How amusing." Ein growled sternly.

"Get to the point, Ein. Why am I here? WHERE am I?"

"I was the one who brought you here. I was on my trip to Mount Battle to look for some new Peons and, the real low-rankers, Grunts. My Flygon caught you. As for your purpose… I don't know. Lovrina was the one who ordered your care."

"L-Lovrina? As in that crazy teenybopper Admin? Okay…"

"Yes, it is strange Greevil-- er, Grand Master Greevil chose her for, as the Administrators call it, the 'Second Cipher Generation' Admin lineup." Ein mumbled, shaking his head.

"But, of course, she's handy as a scientist."

"So, Cipher's gonna rise again, eh?" I asked.

"Yes. Why did you ask that as if it wouldn't?"

"The defeating/Snagging of the XD 001, codename of Shadow Lugia."

"What! You know of Shadow Lugia's capture! HOW?" Ein cried out, echoing in the halls.

"Let's just say I have my sources." I replied calmly.

Ein picked me up, holding me against the wall. "TELL ME!" he snarled.

"Even an intellect of your magnitude wouldn't understand. Now let me go!"

He did. Suddenly, a radio static noise could be heard. Ein took out a mobile phone system, from which a crackly voice said:

"Ein, stop that! You so need to come manage the mechanics! I'll have a talk with our captive."

I recognized the voice as a female's as Ein closed off the connection, growling.

"I may be able to converse with you later, but Lovrina is going to see you now. Ugh…"

He walked off. I figured it'd be a few minutes before Lovrina came in. I saw a Poke Ball on a table by the aforementioned couch. I touched the circular object, suddenly realizing it:

I WAS IN THE POKEMON WORLD!

Back in the "real world", I had always thought there were different dimensions after watch a NOVA special on string theory! I WAS RIGHT! As usual.

Then, interrupting my thoughts, a girly voice called to me:

"What do you, like, think you're doing!"

I shrieked, not hearing the person come in. I accidentally knocked the Poke Ball off the desk, and when it crashed to the floor, a brown, shellfish-like creature came out.

"Ka-bu-to!" it screeched.

"Wow, a Pokemon…!" I mumbled.

"Yeah, wow. What's the problem, kiddo?" the person who walked in asked.

"Um… I've never seen one before. Anyway--GYAH! LOVRINA?" I screamed, seeing the youngest-ever Admin of Cipher.

"That's me! Ein so told you I was the one that ordered your care, right?"

"Yes'm."

"Why I oughtta! Ohh! Hmph!" Lovrina sniffed.

"Anyway, the reason I did that is because you're so cute! Tell me your name, please."

"I'M NOT CUTE. DA' NAME IS PAT McCLINTOCK." I stated monotonously.

"That's so a cute name, like you!" A giggle escaped her before she motioned for me to sit on the couch. She sat down next to me.

"Where are we, Lovrina? Ein didn't tell."

"Why, the Cipher Lab of course! I suggested to Grand Master Greevil that we should have you take Eldes' place, the only Cipher member of the second era that didn't come back."

"WHY ME! I'm more incompetent and imbecilic than you! I can't believe I said that, though."

"YOU LITTLE BUBBLEBRAIN! I AM NOT! I'M… I'M…"

"A big, fat, blop head?"

"Yeah, a big, fat blop head! …I mean…" Lovrina put her hands behind her head and blushed.

"Ha ha! Gotcha, Haterina." I taunted.

"W-Where d-did you here that n-n-nam-m-me!" Lovrina stuttered.

"No where; it suits you."

An anger cross appeared on Lovrina's pink hair, and she pulled out a cartoony white fan, whopping me over the head.

"Whatever. Anyway, what Pokemon do you have with you?"

"YOU FOOL!" I shouted, getting up from the hard steel floor. "I all ready told you I haven't even seen any! How do you expect I had any, you imbecile?"

"You're so mean! Have you, like, no manners? Hmph!" Lovrina sniffed, stomping her blue and white clad foot, nearly flooring (Literally.) my hand.

"Well, no, actually. Besides, you're Lovrina, Admin of Cipher."

'Is that it? Heh heh heh heh heh heh!' Lovrina snickered in her mind.

"So, Pat, are you tired at all?"

"Well, uh, yeah. It's 5 a.m.!"

"Guess you'll have to sleep with me, cutie." Lovrina flirted.

"Humina-hubbiti-yummina-lolliba… Wha-hah?"

"You heard me." Lovrina winked at me.

"Uh-huh, and what if I refuse?"

"Well, I'll let you sleep outside in the desert."

"Um… Oh, fine. Better than anywhere else anyway." I muttered, clenching my fist.

"Good!"

-The Next Day-

At about 1:40 PM I came out of that dreaded lab, with an addition to my clothing that snakish... Yet cute... (NOT!) Lovrina gave to me: black fingered gloves with an emerald green band around the wrist, and a full green R between the wrist and fingers. A red Poke Ball was under the R. A gray C was on the wrist area. Anyway, I left for the Pokemon HQ lab, where I would get my first Pokemon...

On the way, I went up to the Mt. Battle lobby, and got a seat in the Colosseum to watch some dude named Michael battle Mt. Battle Master Battlus. But then I saw two people who looked familiar from the Anime/ Games from my "real home"... A brunette, who wore a red shirt, a white skirt with black biker shorts under it, black socks, a red Poke Ball design bandana, white, black-fingered gloves, and running shoes. She also had a yellow side pouch on her hips. Next to her was a boy with matted white hair, a black headband with a red Poke Ball on it, a black and red shirt, black and yellow pants, blue and yellow fingerless gloves, and his own Running Shoes. I knew who they were before, but I didn't know them at the time...

Later, in the Colosseum

I took my seat in the Colosseum, a front-row seat, and the battle was soon to begin. The challenger, Michael, had red-brown spiky hair, white goggles around his neck, a gold-yellow shirt that split at the bottom, blue jeans, a gray belt, black shoes, a blue headband, a strange device behind his ear, and a silver arm-like contraption on his left arm with a blue Poke Ball on the shoulder... Suddenly, I knew who it was! Michael was the character in Pokemon XD! Cool!

'Maybe he'll use Shadow Lugia, codename XD001! Ha ha ha!' I cackled inside my cranium.

I sweet voice broke my thoughts. "Hi!" It came from someone next to me. I looked to my right to stare into a pair of sparkling blue eyes, belonging to the girl I saw in the lobby.

"Um... Hi." I replied, a slight pink blush creeping up my cheeks. I then saw the boy she was with earlier beside her.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"I'm May, from the Hoenn Region. Who are you?"

"I'm Pat... Er... Bad way to say that. Ahem... Da' name is Pat, May! I just came to Orre myself. Who's the guy behind ya?"

"Oh, that's Brendan Birch. My boyfriend, actually." May grinned.

"I see..." 'Brendan sure is lucky to have a girl as hot as May...' I thought, flinching a bit since I hardly ever used "hot" in the above context.

"So, May, who d'ya think will win this battle?"

"Well... I kinda think Battlus, 'cuz he probably has some super-strong Pokemon... You?"

"Well... Ha ha ha... I strongly deem Michael capable of pulling off a victory... He has a secret weapon Pokemon... Ha ha ha ha..."

May must've been unnerved by my cackles, but her curiosity soon came over her.

"What is it?"

"Oh, a little something I can only tell you the codename of..."

"Well, WHAT'S THE CODENAME!" she yelled.

"...Bah ha ha ha..."

"Huh...?"

"Ha ha ha ha..."

"..."

"GAH HA HA HA! Its name, little May, is..."

"Oh, the suspense..." May moaned.

"XD... XD001."

"Well, that helps! Humph!"

I directed my eyes toward the battlefield. Michael and Battlus had different assortments of Poke Balls in their hands. I took note of Battlus' clothing: a tan shirt that was very tight, which opened up to reveal his enormously muscular chest, blue-wristed, white gloves with a blue Poke Ball on it, a blue belt, red sweatpants, and blue shoes.

"Let's dance, Battlus!" Michael shouted across the large battlefield, with a big, red 100 on it.

"Ooh, what kinda music will they play?" I asked May, who fell Anime-style.

"That means, here, 'Let's battle.'. Not dancing like ballet or jigs or things!" she replied, a sweat drop on her forehead. Three yellow question marks appeared over my head.

"That makes no sense at all."

Battle Arena (Not the Frontier facility, if you can't tell.)

"Okay, time to battle! Let's go, Manectric and Crobat!" Michael threw out a Poke Ball, a red-top Ball with a white bottom, and an Ultra/ Hyper Ball, a yellow top Ball with a black "H" on the top, standing for "Hyper".

A Manectric, a blue Pokemon with a lighting-bolt shaped tail and yellow fur on the hind hips, neck, head, and feet on the forelegs, materialized in a flash of yellow light, barking:

"Mane-ec-tric!"

Out of white light materialized Crobat, a purple bat with four wings, the actual wing parts green, three claws on both the upper wings, claws on the bottom of the body, a triangular, angry mouth, and mad, yellow eyes.

"Cro-bat!" it shouted, flapping its wings excessively.

"Nice Pokemon, but not like mine! I choose you, Slaking and Dusclops!" Battlus threw two Poke Balls, white light exploding from them.

"Slak..." yawned Slaking, a Normal Elemental, ape-like Pokemon with a big pink nose, white neck fur, a tan face and chest, a brown back, legs, and arms, and tan feet.

"Dus-clops!" cried Dusclops, a Ghost-Type with a Cyclops-like body with light brown hands and a single hair on his dark body, a red eye, and side protrusions.

The Stands; Me and May

"Well... This will be interesting..." I said in a sinister tone, clearly scaring May.

"YOU'RE SCARING ME PAT!" she screamed. See?

"Oh, I feel so sad..." I sighed sarcastically, a sweat drop on my head.

...WHAM!

I got clobbered in the head by Brendan, who entered the "fray" of some sort. I saw a red anger cross on his sweatband.

"Easy, Brenda." I said in an injured voice.

"BRENDAN!" He picked me up by my collar.

"Okay, okay... No need for violence..." I smiled innocently.

"Don't hurt my May's feelings!" Brenda... er, Brendan, growled.

"Let him go!" May ordered, making Brendan drop me to the floor.

"Ow..."

"Sorry, Guy." Brendan apologized, helping me up.

"The name is Pat."

"Uh... Okay..."

We all began talking; talking about what all they did in Hoenn and, in May's case, Kanto. I learned about their Pokemon, Brendan being the major Pokemon collector. He told me that his strongest Pokemon were... Snore... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

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"Uh, Pat?" May asked me minutes later, and I felt her prying my eyes open.

"Zzzz... Snort, honk... Wha, what?" I asked drowsily.

"I think you fell asleep..." she sighed.

"I knew that."

I took a look at the battlefield, and I saw that Michael only had a single Pokemon choice left, while Battlus was already on his last: A Salamence, a Dragon/ Flying dual with big, red wings, head crests, and throat, a white belly and lower mouth, black eyes, and a blue body. Three spikes poked out from its cheeks.

"What now...?" Michael pondered in frustration, and I heard him say it in an Irish accent.

"You don't know!" I called to him loudly.

"What, laddie!" he cried, surprised at my outburst.

"You have a Pokemon anyone would want... In a... Master Ball, perhaps?" I plastered a slight smirk on my face and winked at him.

"How do you know about that, lad?" he asked.

"If you meet me after the battle... I'll tell you. Now... Use it!"

"What did you suggest to him, Pat?" May and Brendan asked me.

"Oh, just a little thing deserving a Master Ball called... XD001." I cackled a little bit.

"Ooh, cool! I can see it!" May cried happily.

"Brendan... You'll like this as well." I closed my eyes, crossed my arms, and widened my smirk.

"Why?"

"Don't you wanna see a Legendary Pokemon? Gack ack ack ack... GACK-ACK-ACK ACK-ACK-ACK!"

Michael pulled out a Master Ball, a Poke Ball with a purple top, two pink bumps on the top, and a white M between the protuberances.

"I never wanted to use this after Greevil... But I have no choice..." Michael said in a half growl to Battlus.

"Huh?" he wondered.

"But... Grr..." Michael threw the Master Ball, roaring:

"COME FORTH! XD001! AKA SHADOW LUGIA!"

"Shadow... Humina hubbity humina humina humina humina..." Brendan repeated, too shocked to say anything else.

"Whoa..." May stared.

"He got the hint... Ha ha ha!" I cackled.

Michael threw his Master Ball, and a dark purple light came out. There stood the greatest creature I knew of: A Shadow/ Psychic/ Flying Element with spiky, dark purple feet, two dark purple, three-fingered and thumbed wings, white, knife-like appendages over the eyes, only showing sinister red ones, a red, snake-like tongue, and finally, a pointed spike coming from the back of the head...

"What creature is that...?" May asked in awe.

"You idiot! It's the Shadow Lugia! Wait 'till you see it in action!"

"Now, mighty XD001, ATTACK! SHADOW BLAST!"

XD001 inhaled, and a black, shadowy ball formed in its sinister mouth. It then shot out in the form of a dark blast. The attack was very effective on Battlus' Salamence, which actually KO'd it!

"Whoa..." May and Brendan gasped. I only chuckled...

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Michael and I had met up in the entrance to the Mt. Battle's lobby. May and Brendan came along as well. I told Michael all I could without any "real world" info spilling out about XD001.

"So, Michael. To my... unknown understandings, XD001 is not your sole Legendary, no?" I asked.

"Correct, laddie. I also have the cr-r-reatures Lugia calms whenever there is a disturbance between Fire, Ice, or Lightning..." Michael replied, repeating a part from a legend in the Orange Islands or something.

"AKA..." I said.

"WHAT!" May and Brendan yelled at me, wanting to know.

"Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos, respectively."

"YAAAH! HE'S GONNA KILL US!" Brendan screamed, causing May to sweat drop.

"Ugh..." I groaned, and then started walking away.

"Where ya goin', Pat?" Michael called to me.

"...I'm going to go to the Pokemon HQ Lab to get my first Pokemon."

"Hey, we wanna come!" May and Brendan called when Michael came with me.

"Well, you worms, I suggest hurrying up." I spat sinisterly.

They caught up with Michael and I, and we advanced toward the Pokemon HQ Lab on spare motor-scooters Michael had.

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We all arrived at the Lab in about ten minutes. It was a white building, with big front windows making up the whole wall. The part in question was a half-circle shape, which connected to a rectangle. A Poke Ball hologram floated over the half-circle.

"So this is what it's like..." I said softly to myself.

We four walked into the laboratory, Michael half-running. It was his home, anyway.

"I'm home, Prof. Krane!" he called to someone in a white lab coat, tan pants, brown shoes, and a green shirt. He had glasses on and brown hair.

"Michael! How did it go at Mt. Battle?" Krane asked.

"I won... All thanks to this lad." Michael pointed to me.

"Well, Michael and I owe you our thanks, uh..."

"Pat." My eyes turned into happy Anime style.

"Ah, Pat. What a nice name. Uh, so, Pat, how did you help Michael? Did you both make it to Battlus at the same time and battle in a double battle?"

"Uh, no. I don't even have a Pokemon."

"He suggested one for me to use... Shadow Lugia."

"WHAT! How does he know of Shadow Lugia!"

"Let's say I have my sources." I said quietly.

"Okay... So, who are the two behind you?" Krane asked, pointing at Brendan and May.

"They are Brendan and May. They're both from Hoenn. Brendan was a Champion and May was a Grand Festival competitor."

"Wow! So, uh, what are they doing here?"

I stepped in. "I am here for a Pokemon, obviously, if this is the correct location. May and Brenda might be as well." Brendan clobbered me over the head.

"IT'S BRENDAN!" he roared, causing Michael, May, and Krane to sweat drop.

"Uh... Well, I have a few Pokemon you can have. Come with me." Krane said, walking away to a room. The door just mechanically pushed aside. On a white table were three Poke Balls.

"Choose. There's a Chikorita, Eevee, and a special Totodile Battlus gave us."

"I'll take Eevee!" May cried happily, taking the middle Poke Ball.

"Hmm... I claim Totodile." I said, grabbing the Poke Ball on the far right.

"Aw, man... Then I get Chikorita." Brendan mumbled.

'My first Pokemon...' I thought, staring at my red and white spherical Ball.

"Michael..." I whispered.

"What?"

"Can I see your Snag Machine?"

"What? Um... Sure." Michael brought me to a manufacturing room, where a silver machine with a black glove under a silver half-sphere, a blue Poke Ball design on it, and a Poke Ball adorned silver shoulder piece. A cord connected the shoulder piece and hand piece.

"Wow... Hey, what's that?" I asked, spying a completely black Snag Machine, only with red Poke Ball patterns on the shoulder and hand.

"A prototype. My old one doesn't work, so that one was developed. Wanna try it on?" Michael said, and I nodded. I placed the device on my right arm.

"Wow, cool!" came a cry. Michael and I saw May and Brendan in the doorway.

"You like, laddie and lassie?" Michael asked.

"Yeah!"

Suddenly, a crashing noise was heard.

"HELP! STOP! THIEF!" It sounded like Prof. Krane!

We all rushed to the scene and saw Krane trying to get a mechanical device from some thugs in white clothing, one male one female. They both had yellow pointed hats.

"What d' you think you're doing?" I shouted, getting their attention. I further saw they had black visors.

"We're stealing this, what else?" the male yelled.

"You're not gettin' it without a battle!" May and Brendan said, bringing out their Poke Balls.

"Fine. Nexir, c'mon. Gandog, grab the Professor."

"You got it, Naps." Nexir replied, letting us learn his name.

The female walked beside the man, a Poke Ball in their hands. A big, muscular man in white and black attire came out of a red hover car, and grabbed the Professor. He had no hat.

"Pat... Psst..." Michael whispered to me. He gave me five Poke Balls to catch Pokemon with.

"Uh, we got bigger things to worry about, Michael." He just winked at me...

"Go, Eevee!" May shouted, tossing her Poke Ball. A tan feline came out in a flash of white light. It had white, puffy fur on is forehead, and a big, bushy tail.

"Vee!" he shouted.

"You, too, Chikorita!" Brendan threw a Poke Ball, and out of a flash of white light appeared his Chikorita, a green Pokemon that walked on all fours. It had dark green seeds on its neck in a ring, and a sharp leaf on its head.

"Chika!"

"Okay, Omanyte! Go!" "Nexir" called out. A blue Pokemon in a white shell appeared.

"You, too Kabuto!" the other guy shouted. A Kabuto appeared. It was the same as the one back in the Cipher Lab.

"Kabu!"

"Oman!"

Suddenly, an antennae-like thing popped up from the shoulder piece on my prototype Snag Machine! A green screen slid over my eyes, a circle flashing over Kabuto, reading and saying in a female voice:

"Kabuto. Level 5. Water/ Rock Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Blitz and Shadow Mist. SHADOW POKEMON."

It then did the same about Omanyte, only it said for the moves:

"Shadow Blitz and Shadow Shed."

"Hey... A Shadow Pokemon!" I cried softly as the antennae and screen retreated.

"MAY! BRENDAN!" I called.

"What?" they asked.

"Don't knock those Pokemon out, whatever you do! Weaken 'em!"

"What? Should we, Brendan?" May asked Brendan.

"I guess..."

Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no time limit or substitutions.

May's Eevee and Brendan's Chikorita vs. Naps' Kabuto and Nexir's Omanyte

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Eevee, Bite on Kabuto!"

Eevee opened its mouth, and its teeth began glowing in a sinister purple aura. He dashed toward its shellfish-like foe, and chomped down. The attack did a so-so amount of damage.

"Chikorita, use Body Slam!"

Chikorita jumped up, and slammed down on Omanyte.

"Omanyte..." began Nexir.

"Kabuto..." said Naps.

"Double Shadow Blitz!"

Both Omanyte and Kabuto were surrounded in a black-purple aura as they tackled Chikorita and Eevee. The attack, being of a strange attribute, were super effective, causing May and Brendan's Pokemon to nearly faint!

"Whoa! What was that!" May cried.

"Shadow Blitz is of the Shadow Type, May. It's super effective against all types but Shadow Pokemon themselves."

"So our Pokemon can use it, too?" Brendan asked.

"No. Only Shadow Pokemon can."

"Phooey..."

"Brendan, pay attention!" May said.

"Uh, right! Chikorita, use Tackle!"

"Eevee, you too!"

Chikorita and Eevee both knocked into Omanyte and Kabuto, making them weak enough...

"Okay, guys. That's all." I said.

"WHAT!"

I slipped a Poke Ball into my hand, and it shone in a red aura.

"Snag Ball, go!" I yelled, tossing it at Omanyte. It sucked it up in red light, and fell to the ground where it twitched three times. When it was done, I walked over to it and grabbed it.

"My first capture/ Snag..." I murmured.

"Pat, you thief!" May shouted angrily, just about ready to clobber me.

"Yeah!" Brendan agreed.

"That's what the Snag Machine was built for, lads. For taking Shadow Pokemon! They are evil!" Michael explained.

"Wha...?"

"Michael is correct." I said.

"Oh... Well, Eevee, use Quick Attack!"

Eevee dashed at Kabuto, a streak of white light behind it. The attack brought it deeper into the yellows.

"Chikorita, use..."

"Brendan, Call it! Otherwise, you may KO it!" I cried. "Plus, it increases Accuracy!"

"OK... CHIKORITA!" Brendan Called.

"Chi-ka!" Chikorita said, rearing up. Its Accuracy stat was boosted.

"Kabuto, Shadow Blitz!"

Again, Kabuto rushed into a Pokemon, this time Eevee. It was nearly KO'd, but survived.

"Okay, Snag Ball no. 2! Go!" I yelled, tossing another red-illuminated Poke Ball. Kabuto was sucked up into it in red light, and after three twitches, I knew it was caught.

"Well, Shadow Pokemon number two..." I said.

"Pat, can I have Omanyte?" Brendan asked.

"Yes. May, take Kabuto." I tossed the Poke Balls to them, and they smiled. Unfortunately, the three shady characters got away with their device, but the Professor was safe.

"Michael, will you stay behind?" I asked.

"What do ya' mean, laddie?"

"We're gonna thwart the Shadow Pokemon Plan that's obviously rising again... But only the three of us."

"Um... Okay."

"Good."

0o0o0o0o0o0

After we had gotten our Pokemon healed in the healer inside the lab, May, Brendan, and I got some motor-scooters, and made our way to our next destination... Gateon Port.

PM: Whew, this was long! YOW! Anyway, R&R!