As soon as Lucas threw the pokeball and a small pokemon appeared. It was a chimpanzee-like creature that was an orange color with a ball of fire for a tail and a swirl of orange hair on his head. It had big round ears and yellow fur on his belly. It was called a Chimchar. Barry also through a pokeball like Lucas only a different pokemon appeared. It looked like a penguin but was blue. It was called a Piplup. For some reason the Starly from before didn't attack until they went first. But the Starly didn't look strong because they were small, grey, birds that weren't even up to Lucas' knee.

"Um, Barry? Do you know how to battle because I don't." Lucas asked Barry

"Oh, well I've seen it on TV a lot. All you have to do is fight the pokemon by calling an attack that the pokemon knows but don't get defeated."

"Ok then Chimchar, use.. scratch attack on the Starly." Chimchar scratched the Starly, which did more damage then a scratch should have done, but Lucas didn't question it. The Starly only growled back but somehow it made Chimchar's attack lower. Starly kept growling back but Chimchar kept scratching it over and over until eventually the wild pokemon fainted.

"Wow! Your Chimchar totally rocked! But my Piplup was way tougher than yours was. …They were other people's pokemon, though…But we had to use them. So, they won't mind, will they?" Barry asked. Just then The girl who was with the Professor earlier walked up to them.

"Oh! There's the briefcase! The professor would have been furious if I'd lost it, wait did you two, use the pokemon! Oh, gosh! You two did! What's the professor going to say? This is not good, I'll take this briefcase for now." Dawn said as she picked up the briefcase and walked away.

"What was that about?" Barry asked

"I don't know… But if we go to jail I blame you!" Lucas exclaimed. As they started to leave Lake Verity Barry began to talk.

"You go ahead, I know we have to return these pokemon even though they aren't ours. But I want to spend a little more time with this little guy." Barry said looking at the pokeball in his hand. When Barry and Lucas started to walk down the route, they saw the Professor and Dawn from before. Just as they saw them the Professor glared at them.

"Hey, it's those people from before! Is that old guy staring at us?"

"Uh, he did it!" Lucas said pointing at Barry. When the Professor walked toward them, he didn't seem mad or anything but more like he was thinking about something.

"Hmm, I heard from Dawn that you used our pokemon? Let me seem them, please. Hmm, Chimchar and Piplup… I see. Dawn, lets go to my lab." The professor said to Dawn as he walked away.

"I think you two should visit his lab later." Dawn said as she walked after the Professor."

"What was all that craziness about? I mean, if he was angry he could've just yelled at us, or whatever. Lets go home Lucas we've been gone awhile." Barry said. When Lucas got home, he told his mother what had happened.

"Wow, I can't believe that happened to you. I'm glad that both you and Barry are unharmed. The professor you mentioned is most likely Professor Rowan of Sandgem town. I've heard that he is well known for his studies on pokemon. I think you need to visit him in Sandgem town. You need to explain to him why you had to use his pokemon. And don't worry he'll understand. Oh, and Lucas, put these on. They are called running shoes."

"That means I can finally run around places! Wait, how come I can't run around without them?" Lucas asked his mother.

"Maybe, uh, they are, too heavy to run in?" Lucas' mother said still unsure of the real reason. When Lucas got outside he ran around Twinleaf Town to test his new shoes. When he got bored, Lucas went north to route Lucas was almost in Sandgem town he decided to talk to a random person in the grass.

"I work at the poke mart in Sandgem town. Here, let me give you a potion as a free sample." said the person who worked at the Pokemart.

"Wow, I technically don't have a pokemon, but it's free, so thanks." Lucas said. When Lucas walked into Sandgem town. He saw a building that looked like a lab to him so he walked toward it. As he got closer, he saw Dawn and he started to talk to her.

"Oh, There you are! The professor is waiting, please come with me." Dawn started to say, "Let's go inside." as soon as they walked inside Barry ran out crashing into Lucas.

"What the, oh, it's you Lucas. That old guy… He's not so scary as he is totally out there. I'm out of here, see you later." Barry told Lucas as he ran off.

"Wow what was that? Your friend sure seems to be really impatient. Well anyway, let's go inside." Dawn said as they went inside the laboratory. As Lucas and Dawn walked through the lab, Lucas noticed many high-tech machines and a couple of professors. At the end of the building was the Professor Rowan.

"Finally, you've come. Lucas was it?" the professor began to say, "Let me see your pokemon again. Hmm, I see, this Chimchar seems to be rather happy. All right then! I'll give that Chimchar to you as a gift."

"Thanks, Professor I'll take good care of it." Lucas said.

"Your friend Barry told me what happened at the Lake. I heard you battled pretty well despite it being your first time. And, from what I can see, there is a growing bond between you and that Pokemon, though it is still young. That is the reason I gave you Chimchar." the professor explained, "There is something I would like you to do for me. I study pokemon. First of all, I want to know exactly what kinds of pokemon live in the Sinnoh region. To do so it is necessary to collect data using the Pokedex. This is what I ask of you. I want to entrust you with this Pokedex. Will you use it to record data on all the pokemon in the Sinnoh region for me?" the professor asked.

"OK, I could do that, but let me get this straight. You are going to trust a kid that you've never met, run around the country recording the pokemon that I see in a high-tech pocket encyclopedia-like device that probably is extremely expensive and I might break it while I'm traveling the country with nobody except my pokemon?" Lucas asked Professor Rowan.

"Well, now that you say it like that, its kind of a bad idea. I can understand if you don't want to go." the Professor told Lucas.

"Oh, I'm still going." Lucas told the professor, "I just want you to know what you are getting yourself into. Personally, I like this idea, it sounds like a lot fun!"

"I help the professor add pages to the Pokedex. I'll teach you everything you need to know on how to be a good pokemon trainer." Dawn told Lucas as she began to walk outside the laboratory.

"Lucas, you should go with Dawn to learn what you need." Professor Rowan told Lucas. So Lucas walked out of the laboratory and he saw Dawn waiting for him.

"Okay, Lucas I'll show you everything you need to be a pokemon trainer." Dawn started to show Lucas around town. "This building with the red roof is-"

"A building with a red roof?" Lucas interrupted.

"It's called the pokemon center. It's the place that heals pokemon that have been hurt in battle." Dawn responded. Dawn took Lucas to another building. "This building with the blue roof is-"

"A building with a blue roof?" Lucas interrupted again.

"No," Dawn responded only slightly annoyed, "this is the pokemart. It's a shop were you can buy and sell items and medicine." Dawn took Lucas to one final building "This building with the blue-green roof is-"

"A normal house?" Lucas asked.

"NO." Dawn snapped back, clearly annoyed, "oh, wait, its just a normal house. Sorry. Anyway, before we continue you should go tell your mother that you are going to help out Professor Rowan with the Pokedex." so Lucas began to walk back to Twinleaf town.

"Man," Lucas thought himself while walking back to Twinleaf town, "this chapter took forever to write."