All right... my year was INSANE. Finally I got around to writing this. Thanks to all who favorited this story, even though I haven't updated in FOREVER. And with the release of Platinum in Japan... well, I'm going to try to just keep this as a novelization of Diamond and Pearl.

I could possibly be releasing a story (an I.M. story) featuring the Frontier Brains of both Hoenn and Sinnoh. I have four chapters written, and like a lot of I.M. stories it's really random...

Anyways, on with the story!

As soon as Lucas walked into the town, he looked around. Up ahead he could see a blue building, along with a similar red one, and a few houses. To his left was a big log building that seemed to be the major one of Sandgem, and to his right was a shimmering ocean. Lucas was about to run for the ocean when he heard, "Hey! You there!"

"Is the Professor ready to see me?" questioned Lucas.

"Yes, just about. Let's head in now so he doesn't get frustrated more than he probably already is," said Dawn, and lead Lucas to the big log building. As soon as Lucas got in front of the door, it swung open and the person coming out hit him with a loud THUD.

Lucas didn't need to see who it was, he knew it was Jerry.

"Oh! Hey Lucas! The Professor's actually a really nice guy! And guess what, I get to keep my Turtwig! Be seein' ya around," Jerry then sped off to... who knows where.

Dawn and Lucas just stood there confused.

"What was all THAT about?" questioned Dawn.

"Uh... I dunno," sighed Lucas. Jerry was his friend, but he could be so scatterbrained sometimes.

"Anyways, let's get going in."

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Lucas walked into the building. There were computers everywhere. Many were occupied, but some of them were scanning information that had probably been put in a long time ago. Wow, there must be a lot to do in a Pokemon Lab, thought Lucas, amazed as he looked around the deep blue room.

Then Lucas looked forward. Professor Rowan. Lucas cautiously approached the tall, intimidating man and said, "Excuse me sir. You... you wanted to see me?"

Rowan looked at Lucas with a mysterious gaze. "Yes, as a matter of fact." Rowan paused, "Your friend, Jerry, explained to me what happened. I have total understanding for your reason to use my Pokemon. Though, I don't think it's fair to call them my Pokemon now. Let me see your Pokemon." Lucas continued staring, still terrified and shocked. "Come on now, we don't have all day."

Lucas gasped, "Oh sorry!" He took out the Pokeball, and with a red beam, Chimchar came out and looked up at Professor Rowan.

Rowan nodded gruffly, "I see this Pokemon has taken a liking to you. Go ahead and take it, it's chosen you as it's trainer."

"Thank you, sir," murmured Lucas, and recalled the Chimchar back to it's Pokeball.

"Anyways, there is something I think you should do," he pulled out a red device that flipped open and had two screens. "This device is called a Pokedex. I think it would be amazing to have a Pokedex that contained all the Pokemon of Sinnoh. Don't you think so?"

Lucas did a quick nod. It would be cool to see all of the Pokemon in Sinnoh.

"Good answer! Then if you don't mind, you should take this and find all of the Pokemon!" Rowan handed Lucas the device and Lucas placed it in his pocket. "Now, off you go. Maybe Dawn could show you the ropes. Dawn!"

Dawn ran up to Rowan and Lucas. "Yes, Professor?"

"Please show Lucas around town," said Rowan, "He's going to need to know as much as he can before he leaves for Jubilife."

"What? Lucas is going to Jubilife? Just like that? They don't get any punishment? They used your Pokemon!" said Dawn, almost stuttering.

"Now, now. They had very good reason. Show Lucas the PokeMart and Pokemon Center," explained Rowan, and the two kids left the building quickly and still in shock of what just happened.

"So, Professor Rowan let you off the hook?" asked Dawn as they got out.

"Yeah... I guess..." murmured Lucas. "I really don't get it. I thought he was mad." Dawn just nodded and led Lucas to the building with the red roof.

"This is the Pokemon Center. You can go here if you want to heal your Pokemon. And, it's totally free, so you can use this as much as you want," explained Dawn. Then she led Lucas to the next building over, which was very similar to the Pokemon Center except it had a blue roof. "This is the PokeMart. You can buy everything you need here." Then she led him to the pathway. ⌠This leads to Jubilife city. But before you go, you should go back to Twinleaf to tell your mom where you're going. It's important she knows."

"Okay, thanks Dawn! I'll be sure I do that!" said Lucas, and he ran off back to Twinleaf town.

Lucas arrived a few minutes later at his house. Everything felt familiar and comfortable again. As soon as he entered the front door, however, his mom quickly greeted him. "So, how did things go? What happened?" she asked.

"Better than I thought they would go. Professor Rowan is actually a kind man. He let me keep the Chimchar," Lucas explained. His mother looked at him expectantly, as if she knew he had something far more important to tell her. "Oh yeah... and he gave me a Pokedex. He wants me to go around Sinnoh meeting tons of different Pokemon. And... and I agreed."

Lucas thought his mom would be mad that he had agreed to something so outrageous on such short notice. But she just grinned wildly. "You go on. I've always wanted you to have a Pokemon, and now you do. It would be a great opprutunity to see the world."

Lucas just stood there in disbelief. Seriously? She was just going to let him go like that?

But his thoughts were quickly called off when Jerry's mom came in our house. In the small town of Twinleaf it seemed no one had ever heard of knocking. "Hello Lucas, Johanna," she began, her brown hair a mess, as if she had just run a marathon. "Have either of you seen Jerry?"

"Lucas saw him when he went to visit Professor Rowan..."

"That's the most recent you've seen him?" she questioned. Both Lucas and his mother nodded. "That boy... he's always in such a rush. He came in shouting that he was going on an adventure and ran off. Knowing him, he's probably heading straight for Jubilife right now."

"But did you need anything?" asked Johanna.

"Oh, yes," Jerry's mom walked up to Lucas with a parcel, wrapped in brown paper, and handed it to him. "If you meet up with Jerry in Jubilife, can you give this to him for me?" Lucas just nodded and Jerry's mom sighed with relief. "Thank you both so much."

"Now, you get going on your quest Lucas," his mom said, "And be careful."

"I will mom," Lucas replied, putting the parcel in his backpack and ran out the door.

It was nice to get some fresh air again. He was one who didn't prefer staying in a house. Instead, he liked to go down to the lake with Jerry and meet some friendly wild Pokemon. Finally, he had a Pokemon of his own... even though it was someone else's before.

Once he arrived in Sandgem, after battling off a few wild Starly, he walked towards the route Dawn had pointed out when she was giving him a tour of the town. As he reached a patch of tall grass, he heard a familiar voice shout, "Hey! Lucas! Over here!"

He saw the navy haired girl, Dawn, waving around frantically in the grass that was up to her elbows. Lucas cautiously walked in and Dawn said, "You need to learn how to catch Pokemon if you're going to fill up that Pokedex like Professor Rowan wants you to. C'mon! I'll teach you!"

It felt like they stood there for a couple of minutes before there was a rustle in the grass in front of them, and out came a wild Bidoof.

Before it could attack Dawn, she backed up into the trees and threw her Pokeball. "C'mon out, Piplup!" she shouted, and with a beam of red light, a blue, penguin looking creature came out. It was mostly pale blue with a dark blue collar (or so it looked), wings, and the top of it's head. Most of it's face was white and it had two white spots on it's front.

"Piplup!" the Pokemon cried. I switched out my Pokedex and a picture of a Piplup popped up on the screen.

"Piplup, the Penguin Pokemon. Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold."

Then he examined the Bidoof.

"Bidoof, the Plump Mouse Pokemon. It constantly gnaws on logs and rocks to whittle down its front teeth. It nests alongside water."

With a loud cry, the Bidoof lunged forward towards Dawn's Piplup. Piplup stood it's ground as the wild Pokemon attacked it. "Piplup use tackle!"

Piplup flung the Bidoof off of it and pounced on it, knocking Bidoof back into a ridge. The Bidoof seemed stunned from the blow. "Alright. Now that it's weakened, it's time to capture it! Pokeball, go!" Dawn shouted, throwing an empty Pokeball straight at the Bidoof.

The Pokeball flipped open upon impact and the Bidoof was warped into it. After three quick shakes, the Pokeball beeped, and Dawn walked over to pick it up. "And that is a successful capture," she explained.

Lucas smiled, "That was awesome Dawn."

She walked up to him with a sack in hand. "You'll need to get started, though. So here are five Pokeballs to start. You can only have six Pokemon with you at a time, you know."

Lucas accepted the pack, and before he could say goodbye, Dawn was off, back to Sandgem town.

What was up with trainers and moving so fast?

He walked down the route slowly, flipping through the different setting of his Pokedex when all of a sudden he heard a low growl. Lucas looked down in shock to see a determined looking Pokemon. It was blue with a mostly black torso and black hind legs and paws. It had a yellow star-tipped tail and eyes.

"Uhhh... Chimchar go!" he yelped, still in surprise about the Pokemon's attack. His Chimchar appeared and seemed to yell at the wild Pokemon. Lucas took out his Pokedex to see what this Pokemon was.

"Shinx, the Flash Pokemon. All of its fur dazzles if danger is sensed. It flees while the foe is momentarily blinded."

"Cool, an electric-type!" Lucas grinned. " Chimchar, use scratch!"

Chimchar began to swipe furiously at the Shinx, but after two quick swipes the Shinx lunged and tackled Chimchar. But, without any command from Lucas, Chimchar quickly let out a breath of fire right at the Shinx.

Lucas quickly recognized this move as ember, and whooped for his Chimchar. "Good going, Chimchar!" he smiled. "Now go, Pokeball!" Lucas yelled, taking out one of the Pokeballs Dawn had given him. He really had never been good at throwing, but luckily this ball hit the Shinx in the side and quickly confirmed a capture. "Yes, we got a Shinx!" Lucas said, picking up the Pokeball as Chimchar cried with excitement.

"Return Chimchar, you did a great job," Lucas said, and recalled his prized Pokemon back into it's Pokeball.

Just as he neared the end of the route, and younger looking boy ran up to him. "You're a new trainer aren't you? I've never seen you come through here before."

"Um... yeah, I'm a new trainer."

"Cool! So am I! I challenge you to a Pokemon battle!"

Lucas grumbled to himself about how he was so close to making it to Jubilife without that big of a battle. But, reluctantly, he accepted.

Pokemon Trainer Lucas vs. Youngster Joey

"Go Shinx!" Lucas figured this would be the perfect opprotunity to train Shinx. And Shinx, as soon as it appeared, seemed ready for a battle too.

"Go, Bidoof!" A Bidoof quickly appeared on the grass in front of his Shinx. "Use tackle, Bidoof!" The Bidoof rammed into Shinx, but Shinx tried to hold it's own.

"C'mon, Shinx, tackle back!" Lucas demanded, and Shinx attempted to ram back into the Bidoof, with little effect. The two Pokemon backed away from one another, and glared at each other. "Now Shinx, tackle your hardest!"

"You too, Bidoof!"

With a crash, both Pokemon went soaring backwards towards their trainers. Shinx managed to stand up, panting heavily, while Bidoof collapsed onto the ground. "Yes, way to go, Shinx!" Shinx let out a victory cry as Bidoof was recalled.

"You beat me," groaned Joey. Quickly, he handed Lucas about 100 PokИ and walked away.

Lucas turned towards the pathway to Jubilife and smiled. "We did it."

Dragons of Sinnoh, chapter four "The First Rival Battle" should be out not long after New Year's (and I mean it, seriously). so Happy Holidays and please review.