Sorry to all my fans who have been waiting weeks for this new chapter and to finally see their characters appear. Updates for this story may be a bit slow for just a little while longer, but please bear with me a bit longer. That said, let's start the show.

Pokemon: The Distorted Trinity

Season 1: Re-Education

Orientation

"Begin to gather your belongings passengers; we will be arriving at Red Academy within the hour."

Their ship was drawing closer and closer to the place where future adventures would await them. Excitement was in the air as the teens waited in anticipation for their arrival. Well, almost all of them anyway, one in particular was resting against the rails at the edge of the ship.

This individual was Ken, though the young caretaker seemed lost in thought as he stared at the blue gem he had found in his pocket a short moment ago. "This thing has such a familiar feel to it, but at the same time dangerous." He continued to turn the stone over in his hands until approached by a face he had hoped not to see again so soon.

"You, brown hair, battle me now," demanded the voice of Wyatt Blackwood, the trainer that Ken had met on his way here. In an instant the boy had already released his Chimchar and was preparing for battle. The Pokemon caretaker sweat dropped, "I told you, my name is Ken and I'm not a train – ah!" He didn't have a chance to finish his statement as a pokeball on his belt suddenly released the fossil pokemon.

Cranidos smiled gleefully as it stared down the chimp pokemon before it. Lowering its head and running its feet across the ground, it seemed the rock type was ready to charge at any moment. "Cranidos, we're not battling." The boy said flatly.

"They're battling, check it out!" There always had to be that one guy to instigate the schoolyard fight, right? Well it seemed this wasn't an exception as people began to flood the surrounding area. Ken slammed his palm into his face and looked across the way to where Wyatt was who seemed to be enjoying his fifteen minutes of fame. Just as it seemed the match was about to start however A large blue pokemon with four arms appeared in between the two.

With one pair of arms it lifted up both of the pokemon and with the other pair it grabbed their trainers. It carried them to a man reclining in a seat with a cold glass in one hand and a magazine in the other. His hair was blonde and short that blew in the gentle ocean breeze as his green eyes peered over the rim of his sunglasses and away from his magazine to observe the two boys and their pokemon. In terms of appearance he appeared to be in his thirties and wore a Hawaiian shirt with shorts and sandals. "Thank you Machamp, return." That said, he clicked the button on his pokeball and brought the muscled creature back into the sphere.

"Now, I'm trying to relaz in these last few moments I have before reaching the island. And it's pretty difficult with you starting battles on the ship. A rule you were informed of before even boarding." His finger was aimed in Ken's direction who's jaw had dropped.

"Wait, what? I don't even like battling…" The man raised his finger and held it to Ken's mouth for a short moment. "Don't talk back, now go get your stuff and save the battling for the classroom kids."

As the two returned their pokemon and began to walk away they exchanged various glares. "Why must this always happen to me?" Ken sighed inside of his head. Wyatt seemed to have other thoughts on his mind, "Man, Chimchar and I were just about to mop the floors with that guy. He thinks he's so smug!"

"Oh, almost forgot." The boys stopped in their tracks and looked at the man again who seemed to be smiling this time. "You're both first year students aren't you?" The two of them nodded reluctantly as he continued to smile and looked back to his magazine without even muttering another word.

Looking to the boy in red Ken felt the urge to ask something of him. "Hey, um, Wyatt. Do you remember anything about Turnback Cave?" The young trainer looked to him and said nothing, lost in thought for a moment before finally responding. "Turnback what?"

"Um, nevermind, forget I brought it up."

"Good, because you should be thinking about other things! Like how I'm going to mop the floors with you once we're both in the Red Dorm." Ken's face went rigid as stone as he thought about the numerous times he had told this guy he wasn't into battling. "I'm going to be ni the Yellow Dorm. I've told you before I have no intentions of battling you or anyone else for that matter." That said, he began to head back to his room to pack his things.

Wyatt laughed to himself a bit and smiled. "Don't worry about that, kid, I have everything taken care of."

Slinging his backpack over his shoulder Ken was about to head other the door but stopped for a moment. Pressing the button on both pokeballs at his waist he released his pokemon, Buizel and Cranidos. The two looked at their trainer expectantly as he began to speak.

"Alright Buizel, you know the deal and what we're here for." The water pokemon nodded. "Cranidos, you're new to the group, and a bit of a mystery. Mind telling us a bit about yourself." The fossil pokemon let out a few responsive growls. "Not much of a talker, huh? Still, welcome to our group. I hope you enjoy your time with us as a pokemon caretaker."

At the sound of this Cranidos shook its head and responded with several more growls that Ken managed to catch on to. "You like battling? Guess that explains why you wanted to go against Wyatt's Chimchar so much. Sorry, but that's not on the agenda for us."

The rock type looked at floor for a moment. "How about this, I'll trade you to one of the Red students once we get there. They battle a lot." Oddly enough Cranidos shook its head and roared in response. "Wait, so you prefer battling, but you don't want to be traded away from me?" The rock pokemon nodded once more. "Haha, you're an odd one Cranidos. Anyway, we should be hitting land any moment now. I'll bring you guys back out for dinner tonight." Returning the two of them he stepped outside and back on to the deck where everyone was already heading towards the academy.

A paved trail led the enormous group of student to the enormous school building sitting right at the island's center. On either side of them the teens would see large expanse of forest and plant life with various pokemon thriving inside. "Amazing, there are even pokemon mixed with those of other regions." Ken announced, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

As the group continued moving ahead they finally entered the main foyer like room of the school where tables were setup for the students to fill in applications. Ken approached a table, watching Wyatt walk away as he did so. Once finished the woman smiled and placed his file in a folder behind her. "So, what do I do now?"

"Head to the Auditorium, orientation should be starting soon and you definitely wouldn't want to miss out on that. Once it's done head back to this table so I can issue you your dorm room, uniform, and other supplies."

Thanks you," he called back to her as ran towards the auditorium. That was his intention anyway, after running through several hallways he suddenly realized that he had no idea where it was. "Why me…." He mumbled to himself, looking away for an instant. This instant ended up being long enough for him to crash into someone unexpectedly.

Not being the bulkiest person around, Ken fell back and on his rear. "Ah, that hurt." He rubbed his sore rear and slowly looked up to who was standing before him. The guy had straight brown hair and was wearing an open blue sleeved top over a white shirt along with blue jeans. To put it in the simplest of terms, he seemed rather ticked off that a random kid had just run into him. "Um, I'm sorry?"

The teen in blue frowned while looking down to Ken who was gradually gathering himself and getting up from his fall. As the caretaker looked into his eyes he could feel a shiver go down his spine. "You should watch where you're going, that's what eyes are made for." The teen said in an ice cold tone while gathering the few things he had dropped. "Don't expect meaningless words like 'sorry' to resolve your careless mistakes."

Ken attempted to walk away from the odd guy but somehow ended up falling again with a heavy thud. His unfortunate fall was followed by the sounds of laughter as another boy entered the hallway and picked up a banana peel. "Can't believe that actually worked. Guess you really can't beat the classics!" He said in between his fits of laughter. This teen had curly brown hair and blue eyes. He wore an open long sleeved shirt over a red shirt and white pants.

"Lemme help you up." The prankster said as he pulled Ken back to his feet. "Now then, time for our epic introduction for this poor, lost, and confused freshman! Join me my friend!" He shouted in the face of the first teen who responded simply with punching the excited guy in the back of the head. Ken sweat dropped. "What did I just get myself into?"

The boy in purple recovered and continued speaking but, now was striking some sort of odd pose. "I'm the wonderful master of the forest, Charlie Green! And this is my companion, the expert of the shadows and breaking down other's spirits (especially my own), Marty Shade!" The teen now identified as Marty punched his friend again. "ou idiot, why do you have to tell him my name?" Charlie shrugged and turned to Ken but, looking down the hall he could see the boy already sprinting away from the odd duo. "Seems you scared away another one with your odd antics, Charlie."

Ken stopped however when he saw Wyatt across the hall from him. "Oh so you're lost too?" He asked the trainer to be who simply frowned and stormed over to the brown haired teen.

"First you have to try to best me in battle, now you want to see who can be the lostest! See to it, kid, I won't back down."

Turnning away, Ken banged his head on the wall behind him a couple of times before having a response. "My name is Ken…K-E-N. I've never wanted to battle you. Not everything is a challenge. And lostest is not a word!" The pokemon caretaker was taking deep breaths to restrain any possible rage. Wyatt on the other hand had a finger in his ear and was looking the other way though.

"Uhuh, whatever you say, Kid." Just as it seemed that Ken was finally about to lose it a man with shaggy orange hair and wearing a janitor uniform entered the hall while holding a mop. He had headphones in his ears and seemed to be cleaning to the beat of the music but seemed to catch on to what they had been discussing.

"Yo, freshmen. The Auditorium is down the hall to your right. Just take a left and go strait until you hit the cafeteria. After that it's just another left." That said, the man turned away and continued jamming to the music. As they ran away he smiled without looking up from the floor and his mop.

As the two of them entered the Auditorium they found the place to be pretty packed. "Wow, the entire student body must be here. Hope there are some seats left." As they scanned the area Wyatt spotted a girl motioning for them to sit in the two empty seats around her. Having no better options they shrugged and took a seat. "Hi, my name is Lila." The girl introduced herself, she had shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes. Her skin was rather tan and for clothing she wore black skinny jeans, a red tank top, and a red fingerless glove on her left hand.

Ken nodded and exchanged introductions for a moment as shortly afterward the lights dimmed and a voice came over the intercom. "Quiet down students as Principal Fisher begins orientation."

Sure enough a man in a blue suit soon stepped out onto the stage and pulled out a microphone. "Good morning students~" The jaws of both Ken and Wyatt dropped at the sight of the individual. It was the same guy that they had met on the ship with the Machamp. Ken did his trademark face palm which caused Lila to stare at him in a confused manner.

"Um, Ken, I think your forehead is bleeding."

He slumped back in his seat and sighed, "Maybe if I'm lucky it'll kill me before all the strange people at this school do."

-Not even the first day of school and Ken is bombarded by strange occurrences and even stranger people. What awaits him at Red Academy?-

Alright, hope you guys enjoyed, next chapter a few things will be explained, a few more new faces met, and other surprises. Of course Ken will be at the center of it all and face palming through every agonizing minute of it as usual.

Charlie Green and Marty Shade were submitted by Munchlax Jr, while Lila was submitted by MidnightheartXxX. If you're character wasn't seen in this chapter then don't fret, there are still many more to come!

See you next update guys~