Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the characters that appear on the tv shows or the video games. I do however own some of the OC's.

A/N: This is my first story on here and I hope you all like it. It's a story about a young boy who's father died in a vain attempt to stop Team Galactic. Some of you may think of it as a dark version of Diamond and Pearl, but over time you may realize that it can be something else entirely. Enjoy. (Yes I know Ch.1's short and sort of sucks but please try to bear through it, it gets better)

PS: This is a revision of the original story due to new fanfiction settings and popular demand.

Ch. 1: The Beginning

A light wind blew across the field of the Indigo Plateu. The dirt that formed the Rock Stadium picked up, shrouding the two trainers save for their sillhouettes. One sighed as he recalled his fallen Empoleon and pulled out a second pokeball. Pressing a small unimpressive button on the back of the device, the sphere enlarged into its natural size.

"Go Sandslash!"

The trainer hurled the pokeball as if it were a baseball into the arena. The ball popped open in a bright white light and revealed a hunched creature with two pointed claws. It rapidly rubbed them together as if sharpening its dangerous weapons as it eyed the pokemon in front of it.

"Sandslash, use the Rapid Dig, (Rapid Spin and Dig), combo, then follow it up with Defense Curl!"

The spiky porcupine pokemon nodded with a 'Sand!' Leaping into the air and spinning at a furious rate with the pointed ends of its claws in the air. The insane amount of spinning caused the effect of a drill and as it made contact with the earth, the hedgehog burrowed immediately out of sight. The other pokemon looked around confused where the ground type would pop up when Sandslash appeared right in front of it. The speed from the Dig allowed it to fly in the air and curl up in its armored ball mid-air so its spines surrounded its entity. Once this was done, it fell rapidly in the other pokemon's direction ready for its spines to do the work.

"Lucario, counter with Bone Rush, then follow up with Aura Sphere!" Another trainer cried. The humanoid canine pokemon happily obliged, pounding its fists together then drawing them apart to reveal a neon green bone made from its aura. As the Sandslash fell towards it, it slammed the newly-made weapon into it, hitting it so hard the ground type burst open. Lucario stepped back, its legs at shoulder length as it brought his arms around in a circle while bringing both fists back as an orb of bright blue-green energy appeared between them and shot the orb at the pokemon's vulnerable spot. But right before he made contact, the TV shut off. Something had pulled the cord.

Bryce had left the video of his dad's victory in the Sinnoh League on all night and now he lie sleeping in his bed, his form slowly moving up and down with every breath he took. Only his spikey black hair was visible as the blankets covered his body and a majority of his face. He felt a nudge but just shifted to the side. Something pulled down his blanket but he just grumbled and rolled his back to it. Then suddenly, a strong scent wafted across his nose. He had never smelled anything like it before in his life! Except every other morning. He immediately sat up and glared at the Stunky who had his back to him at the moment. It turned around and gave him a mischievious grin before running downstairs, it already knew what was about to happen.

Bryce snarled and pulled on his jacket hanging on his bedpost, his green pajama bottoms still on his legs.

"You little rodent! Just wait until I catch up to you!" He cried as he ran downstairs, he sprinted down the hallway and turned a corner, only to find his mother, Dawn standing before him with the grinning Stunky in her arms. Her long black hair fell down to her back and her blue eyes had a suspicious look to them. To most, she was beautiful, but at the time, she couldn't have been more scary to her ten-year old son. Only dressed in a fluffy, blue robe and slippers, she was tapping her foot with a glare. Bryce stopped in his tracks and looked down, guilt obvious in his eyes.

"Bryce," she started. "I've told you more times than I can count not to pick on Lumiere." Here she was referring to the troublemaking Stunky who lept gracefully from her arms and trotted away.

"But mom, he was doing it again!" He shouted with his arms in the air, but he already knew it was a lost battle.

"So," she started taking a deep breath. "you expect me to believe he purposely causes trouble for his own amusement?" She snorts before rolling her eyes. "Please, just get ready, today's the day."

Bryce grumbles under his breath, his long black hair falling over his eyes. "Yeah, time to join the oh-so glorified Team Galactic."

Here, Dawn sighs and motion her son over to her, a sympathetic look in her eyes. "Listen, I know it won't be the funnest thing to do, but,"

Bryce suddenly throws her arm off and glares at her, an unnatural rage in his eyes. "Not the funnest thing to do? They killed dad! Your husband Lucas! Remember him?" His chest starts to heave as he shouts this accusation and Dawn winces before regaining her composure.

"Honey, it's not like you're getting recruited into the ranks! You're just getting your first pokemon, remember? You've always wanted to be an Elite Four champion, just like Lucas."

But her words were lost upoun him as he stormed upstairs.

"That was my dream, but not anymore." He grumbled under his breath, but still he got ready. He did all his morning chores including brushing his teeth, making his bed, and feeding Lumiere before giving the Stunky a nice kick in the rear. He threw on a black undershirt with his red and black jacket, long blue jeans and his tennis shoes. He looked at his hat for a moment, sighed, then threw on the red beret that his father used to wear. It's funny, years ago he would have never been caught dead wearing the hat, but now everything was different. Now, it felt like doing something as simple as wearing this hat, was keeping his father's memory alive. With a deep breath, he walked outside with his mother's blessings, to face his fate.

So ends my first chapter of Pokemon Berlitz. I would like to know all thoughts so this story can develop and grow into a great story. Any kind of review is welcome whether it be compliments, constructive criticism, or flames!