Intro:
Hey everyone sorry for not posting last week but work and homework got in the way. It snowed where I lived and so I had to shovel and shit yada yada excuses excuses, again sorry but the chapter just wasn't finished and in this new time I even added to it so in a way it's a blessing I guess. Without further ado let's hop back into this crazy world I have half created half stolen lmao.
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AND. HERE. WE. GO.
Guide:
Bolded Italics: Speaking to Audience or Out of Time
Regular Italics: Thoughts
COF: Character(s) of Focus
Solaceon Ruins
Lucas Diamond
Lucas looked at the cave paintings in the ruins and took pictures for more research. While Lucas enjoyed being a trainer he found the rich mythological presence in Sinnoh to be just as entertaining. While he was exploring the ruins he came into contact with one pokemon but in different forms. It was called Unown, he had heard about these in books. There was a whole alphabet of them and in Sinnoh, this was the place to catch them. He has encountered 7 types of them so far. He wanted to stay and catch them all but he knew he couldn't. The cave was old and full of cobwebs. Lots of paths leading down and up, almost like a maze. Lucas battled multiple trainers all there for the same reason, to catch Unowns and explore the ruins. Lucas eventually found his way into a room with writing on the wall but it was all in the Unown symbols.
"Holy shit, that's insane, wonder how old this is?" Lucas said, touching the wall.
Lucas had no idea what he was reading, he never studied the Unown language and now he kicks himself for it because it could be something amazing if he did. Learning the Unown language was extremely difficult not only because of the lack of research on the topic but because it was unknown if all the types of Unowns were found. Lucas took a picture of the writing and looked behind him to find some loot on the ground. He found some items that could sell for good money but he also found an HM called Defog. Lucas so far had a couple of HM moves he had Rock Smash, Cut, Flash, and now Defog. While Flash wasn't an HM move it had an alternate use making it just as useful as one to him.
"Defog huh, there's barely any information on you," Lucas said, looking at Defog.
Lucas released Gabite into the cave, he found out that he could use Dig to mine his way out of the cave with ease. Gabite looked at Lucas and looked around the cave with a smile, it reminded him of his old cave where he used to live.
"Hey, when you're done looking can you dig us out of here?" Lucas asked.
Gabite gave a small nod and walked around the room of the cave. Lucas still had problems getting Gabite to listen to him but Gabite was more likely to listen if Lucas just showed some respect. Lucas sat down and rested his feet for a while. He wondered what this new HM would do. He knew he could use it because Fantina mentioned it when she gave him the badge. He decided to call up an old friend he met at the beginning of his journey.
"Roger here," Roger answered.
"Hey Roger, it's Lucas we met all the way back a couple of months ago do you remember me?" Lucas asked.
"Oh yeah and how could I forget your face is on the news now haha how are you, my friend?" Roger asked.
"I'm great, got a couple of badges now, I found this HM called Defog, any info on it?" Lucas asked.
"Defog...oh yeah that's a less common HM but if you have it can clear an area of fog making it easier to see and better for your pokemon in battle," Roger said.
"Interesting, hey one thing why do I need a badge for HMs?" Lucas asked.
"The technology in the HM is connected to your trainer status when you use it, so when you teach it to a pokemon it connects to you trainer status through some fancy technology that even I'm too old to understand, bottom line is that the HM can see in your status and which badges you have and if you don't have the badge the HM will not be activated for your pokemon outside of battle," Roger said.
"So basically HM's are connected to my trainer status and sees that I have the right badge before I can use it outside of battle," Lucas confirmed.
"Yes, bright as always, long story short it's good for making it easier to see, other than that most people don't use Defog," Roger said.
"Interesting, does it do anything in battle?" Lucas confirmed.
"I mean...not really. I've never honestly tried to use it, let me know what happens if you do," Roger laughed.
"Thanks, Roger," Lucas said, hanging up.
Lucas put down his phone and just stared at the disc with curiosity.
What purpose could I have for you?
Route 209
Lucas calmly walked through the path of route 209. The tall grass made it very hard for him to use his bike but for him walking was fine. The tall grass masked the trainers hiding inside and a couple of times was close to having a heart attack. He figured this would be a good spot to also fill up his Pokedex with some entries. He found newly evolved versions of other pokemon he already caught, it saved him the entry. He noticed that a couple of pokemon was missing but after searching for a couple of hours he decided to consult the new professor.
Veilstone City, Sinnoh
Dawn Rowan
Dawn walked around the city admiring its beauty. Despite the looming dark shadow of the Team Galactic HQ she always loved Veilstone. It was modern but also had an old school feeling to it. She wanted to get out of the lab for a while so she decided to take the day off. Becoming the professor was a huge responsibility and even she underestimated the stress that came with it.
"Feels nice to just relax and walk around, I envy Lucas and Barry," Dawn said to herself.
"You envy Lucas, huh that's a first," Barry said, walking up to Dawn.
"Where the hell did you come from?" Dawn said, looking back at him quickly.
"I stalk you…..," Barry said with wide eyes.
"...uh-huh," Dawn said.
"I'm just fucking with ya, Lucas wants to meet up here, check it out," Barry said, laughing and pulling out the Cobble Badge.
"Looks like you're finally ahead of Lucas," Dawn laughed.
"Laugh now but I am, I'm gonna be the champion someday you know," Barry said.
"Uh-huh and what if Lucas wants to get there first?" Dawn asked.
"Please, he doesn't even wanna be the champion," Barry said, shrugging.
"Things can change after all he never wanted to be a trainer," Dawn said.
"True…," Barry said.
Dawn and Barry continued talking about being trainer and professor. Barry of course went on his usual tangent about being the absolute best like his dad. Dawn was happy to listen until her phone began to ring.
"Ugh, Hello?" Dawn answered.
"Hey Dawn, it's Lucas," Lucas said.
"Oh, really I thought it was the creator of Bill's PC," Dawn teased.
"Funny, hey listen I have a question. The Pokedex tells me of all these pokemon I never find on these routes, I search for hours and I can't find them. What's going on?" Lucas asked.
"Well other than that you suck, it might be time-based," Dawn said.
"What the hell does that mean?" Lucas asked.
"Sometimes pokemon only come out during different times of day," Dawn said.
"So some pokemon only come out at night or day?" Lucas asked.
"More specific than that, more like evening, morning, afternoon, night, etc. sometimes even the weather comes into play," Dawn added.
"Great, alright thanks I'm on my way to Veilstone City I'll call you if anything comes up," Lucas said.
"I'm actually in Veilstone City with Barry right now," Dawn said.
"SUP FUCKER!" Barry yelled into the phone.
Lucas backed his ear from the phone with a look of oh god on his face.
"Barry, stop it," Dawn said, shoving Barry from her phone.
"I'm on my way there now, I'll see you when I get there," Lucas said.
"Alright safe travels," Dawn said, hanging up.
Dawn and Barry walked to the cafe together. Despite Barry's annoying personality, Dawn always liked how energetic he was; it always seemed to put a smile on her face.
Route 210, Sinnoh
Lucas Diamond
Lucas took more notes, now he knew that some pokemon could come out at night. He was excited but also annoyed. On one hand, he was learning more and more and on the other, it meant sometimes he had to journey out late at night to catch more pokemon. He never thought catching pokemon could be so complex.
Lucas continued on Route 210 until he saw a little shop. He figured it would be a nice place to stop so he went in, it was a MooMoo Milk shop. MooMoo Milk is the most famous brand of milk in Sinnoh. Its sweet taste along with a slight bitter mix was something most people in Sinnoh grew up on. For people not from Sinnoh, it was gross but to Lucas, it tasted just like home.
"Hi there trainer, you look mighty tired, care for some Sinnoh-famous MooMoo Milk?" A woman asked in a cowboy accent.
"Uh, sure I'll take 3 bottles," Lucas said, pulling out his wallet.
The shop was super small but had a lot of people in it. Any MooMoo Milk store is always packed, Lucas was impressed he was even able to be served right away. Lucas also wanted to have his Pokemon try MooMoo Milk. The milk was also a medical product for Pokemon but if the Pokemon does not like it the milk does nothing for them. He wanted to try to ease his pokemon into it because one it's cheap and two it's everywhere if his Pokemon enjoyed the milk it was almost like free medicine for them. Since MooMoo Milk was a drink that has an acquired taste he wanted to get them into it as early as possible. Lucas wanted for them to try it earlier but things kept getting in the way.
"Thank you, ma'am," Lucas said, taking the bottles.
"Of course sir, you have yourself a Moo Moo day," The woman said with a smile.
Lucas left the shop and went to a secluded area of the route, with Monferno and Gabite on his team he felt it was a good idea to be away from people in case they didn't like the drink. Lucas released everyone on his team and watched as Monferno and Luxio immediately tackled each other and fought. Gabite sat down uninterested as usual. Bibarel collapsed on his back and almost immediately took a nap and Staraptor stood by Lucas and had a you see what I have to deal with face.
"Okay everyone, gather round come on...LUXIO STOP BITING MONFERNO!" Lucas shouted.
Luxio stopped and sat near Lucas, Monferno threw a pebble at Lucas while grinning but eventually paid attention. Gabite slightly looked over at Lucas and Bibarel looked up at Lucas while still lying on the ground.
"So I have this drink I want you to try, it's called MooMoo Milk it's medicine and also a very delicious drink," Lucas said as he gave Monferno a bottle.
Lucas's team looked at the bottle with curiosity, they were so used to PokeCenters and Potions that any other medicine was unknown to them.
"Take a sip and let me know what you think," Lucas said, taking a sip of his own bottle.
Monferno took a sip and seemed to enjoy it because he took a second sip. Lucas smiled, 1 down 4 to go. Staraptor took a sip and almost cringed but she didn't hate it. Luxio took a sip and seemed to like it out of all of them because he almost drank the whole bottle until Bibarel ripped it away and took a sip. Like in average Bibarel fashion a smile never left his face.
"Uh, do you like it, Bi?" Lucas asked.
Bibarel nodded and went back to laying down and playing with brown rocks this time.
"Okay...Gabite your turn," Lucas said, giving the bottle to him.
Gabite raised his eyebrow to the bottle and took a sip. He kept the milk in his mouth and just looked at Lucas.
"How is i," Lucas said but interrupted by Gabite spitting the milk in his face with a look of disgust in his mouth.
Lucas had a straight face and wiped the milk off his face, he would have been disgusted but after Barry spat water on him before it didn't bother him as much.
"You know you could have spat it at the ground," Lucas said, wiping his face.
Gabite grinned as if saying I know at Lucas.
4 out of 5 of his team enjoyed the milk, which was great for Lucas. It meant on the go medicine was cheaper. With that in his head, he put everyone back in their balls except Staraptor and got onto his bike. Ever since Lucas got a bike the only one who could keep up was Staraptor because she could fly. Of course, he still walked with his pokemon but whenever he was on his bike it was only Staraptor by his side.
"Okay Star, let's see who can get to Veilstone first, just follow the route" Lucas laughed.
Staraptor smiled and took off, Lucas shouted and sped up to her.
"NO FAIR," Lucas shouted while laughing and riding his bike.
Staraptor laughed and sped up leaving Lucas in the dust for the rest of the route.
"HEY COME ON," Lucas shouted, speeding up on his bike.
Chapter 19: Meeting Up
COF: Lucas Diamond
Veilstone City, Sinnoh
"Laugh all you want but next time I'm winning," Lucas said, chaining his bike and putting Staraptor back in her ball.
"Lucas, there you are, god, what is it with you and being late that's 5 million," Barry said, walking up to him.
"What's with you and fining people you ain't no cop," Lucas laughed.
"It's incentive after all one day I'm gonna collect all those fines," Barry said with a grin.
"I'm sure you are," Lucas rolled his eyes.
The two met back up with Dawn. She was seated in the diner and was happy to see Lucas in good health.
"Hey," Lucas smiled, hugging Dawn.
"Good to see you, I know we spoke on the phone but how have you been?" Dawn asked.
"I'm alright just moving along, a lot of stuff to see, hows being the new Professor Rowan?" Lucas asked.
"Stressful but rewarding, Dad finally gets to travel, he's in Johto right now," Dawn said with a smile.
"Big man in Johto huh," Barry grinned.
"Yeah, I know so exotic especially with the whole Team Rocket rise going on over there," Dawn sipped her water.
"Man I thought they were done for," Lucas said.
"They were, then some new crazy guy took over, and now he's trying to take over Johto, hopefully, someone steps in," Dawn said.
"Maybe we should go over there Lucas," Barry said.
"Not our problem Barry plus we got Team Galactic in our home," Lucas said.
"It's also none of your concern," Looker said, walking over to the group and sitting down.
"Speaking of criminals, how's Team Galactic?" Lucas asked.
"You know I can't tell you that Lucas," Looker said, chuckling.
"Are we famous to them?" Barry asked.
"Oh yeah, real famous if you can even call it that," Looker said.
"Are they in trouble?" Dawn asked.
"Well being in the same city as their HQ takes balls I'll give you that but I wouldn't get too comfortable here," Looker said.
"I called you here to talk about Mike," Lucas said.
Looker was surprised, Lucas had intel on Mike. He had to hear it especially because of the plan he had in place with him. Lucas went on about his family and how he acted. Looker loved this especially because of his plan to make sure Mike kept his end of the deal.
"His team is...amazing," Lucas said shamefully.
"You saw them?" Looker asked.
"I saw one...a Salamence and if he has a pokemon like that Arceus knows what else he's got," Lucas said.
"So it's not smart to go after him?" Barry asked.
"He'd destroy all three of us put together," Lucas said.
"Good thing I'm not after his pokemon," Looker said.
The three continued to chat about Mike, Looker warned Lucas and Barry that they should be careful while in Veilstone. Looker knew they had targets on their backs and the fact that they just waltz into Veilstone knowing that Team Galactic's HQ is here he thought they had balls or were just really stupid...or both.
Being in Veilstone gave Lucas a feeling he couldn't explain; he knew it wasn't smart to be in this city right now but he also really wanted someone from Team Galactic to mess with them, it's like he welcomed the danger. He felt like Barry which was always nice to him.
"Any piece of advice Looker?" Barry asked.
"Stay low...be careful you guys have my number if you see anything or are in trouble let me know," Looker said, getting up.
"You can't leave, you just got here," Dawn said.
"I'm UC for these guys. It's bad enough I left the office. Being seen with you is almost a death sentence for me, just watch your backs, they aren't taking you guys lightly anymore," Looker said, putting down money for their drinks.
Looker left with some information on Mike's family it made it easier for what he was going to pull.
"It is getting late, I should get back home I got papers to work on," Dawn said, getting up.
"Oh wait Dawn here," Lucas said, sending Dawn the photos of the Solaceon Ruins and files of the Unowns he got.
"What's this?" Dawn asked.
"Some photos and files on Unowns, I was hoping you could help me decipher them, I wanna know more about the language," Lucas said.
"I have friends that study them...I'll see what I can get also I have something for you two," Dawn said, pulling out two discs.
"A cd?" Barry said, looking at it.
"You dipshit it's an HM," Lucas said, thumping Barry over the head.
"Contains Fly, probably the most useful HM of them all," Dawn said.
"AWESOME," Barry shouted.
Lucas' heart was pounding, he had heard of Fly but never expected to get it anytime soon, Staraptor could easily use this and now traveling was much easier for Lucas. He could go to any previously traveled place in Sinnoh. Staraptor only knew how to go to previously visited areas of Sinnoh, that was pretty much the only limit for Fly traveling besides cross-regions.
"Thanks, Dawn," Barry said, hugging Dawn and ran out of the restaurant.
"You really gonna give him Fly?" Lucas asked.
"He'll be fine...I think," Dawn laughed.
Team Galactic HQ
Michael Rollins
"He was at my family's house Cyrus," Mike said stressed.
"I don't know what you would like me to do about that Mike, Lucas can go wherever he pleases how did he even find out about them?" Cyrus asked.
"My sister let him in, he was just in the town it was a total accident," Mike said, leaning back.
Mike was still shooke by the fact that his organization's enemy was at his family's home. Lucas could screw everything up, he couldn't take that chance.
"I want total protection of my family, have some grunts guard my family's house so that he never comes back," Mike said, standing up and pacing around the room.
"Mike we have a lot of members but not that many, we aren't Team Rocket," Cyrus said.
"Well can't you get Simon to send some protection over here or something?" Mike asked.
"Please, I can sweet talk a lot of people my friend but Simon is a different breed of person," Cyrus said, looking through papers.
It was true, Simon was seen as a very violent psychopath that ruled Team Rocket with an iron fist, nobody dared to cross him he even proved to be more threatening than Giovanni. Simon took over control after Giovanni disappeared after the whole ordeal with Red and Blue. Cyrus was on his good side and didn't want to compromise that by asking for petty favors. Mike was a friend and one of his most trusted members but even Cyrus had his limits for helping him.
"I'm sorry Mike, you're gonna have to deal with this on your own," Cyrus said.
"Great, any updates on the big plan?" Mike asked.
"Mike come on I love ya but you know only me and Charon discuss those plans," Cyrus said, looking up at him.
"Come on man just give me something," Mike pleaded.
"Fine...you know the god of Pokemon?" Cyrus asked.
"Arceus?" Mike asked.
"Yeah, we what do you think would happen if we could control him," Cyrus grinned.
"And how do you plan to do that, we don't even know if Arceus exists," Mike said, raising an eyebrow.
"Sorry but that's all you're getting for now," Cyrus said.
Mike sighed, he wished he could learn all about this secret plan but he had to deal with the cards he was given. He knew he would know eventually but he had a constant problem with wanting all the information at one time, it made it easier to plan things out.
"What do you say we grab some dinner tomorrow, the bistro sounds good" Mike suggested.
"I'm down, I'll meet you at the bistro tomorrow at 8," Cyrus said, signing some papers.
"Sounds good to me," Mike said, walking out.
Mike left the building and decided to go back to his family's house, he wanted to see them and see if Lucas said anything suspicious. Meanwhile, Looker ran to call his commanding officer after eavesdropping on their conversation. He needed to listen in on that meeting, it could contain something useful. He needed help though, thankfully he knew just who to call, an old friend.
Outro:
One more chapter out the door one more until Chapter 20. It's hard to believe that I am still writing this story 19 chapters later. It's been a really great ride and I wanna thank you guys for allowing me to put up my story. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Before I go I wanna say that this story is now on Quotev. You can now find this story on Fanfiction, AO3, Wattpad, and Quotev. There is no advantage to reading on one website over the other it's mostly for exposure and preference for viewers so if Quotev is your thing Lucas, Barry, Mike, and Looker are on there as well! Leave a comment telling me what you liked, disliked, etc. PM with any question or if you wanna say a box of Cheerios is more creative than me then lmk. I hope you all have a great day and I will see you in the next chapter!
Don't forget to Smile!
-Shocker
Question of the Chapter: Favorite City of any Pokemon Region? What was your favorite moment of the chapter?
For me, it's either gotta be Snowpoint City from Sinnoh or Goldenrod City from Johto. Both cities have amazing music and such a great setting, Goldenrod is fast-paced like the Johto games are imo and Snowpoint City is calm and environment based kinda like all of Sinnoh imo. My favorite moment of the chapter was when Lucas called back Roger, I didn't intentionally have that planned but I thought it would cool to do and I actually really liked the outcome we might see more Roger in the future.
Important Moments/Ideas:
-Lucas explores the Solcaeon Ruins and learns about Unown and the Unown language
-Lucas gets the HM Defog
-Lucas arrives in Veilstone City and meets with Barry, Looker, and Dawn
-Dawn gives Lucas and Barry the HM Fly
-Looker learns of a meeting between Mike and Cyrus
Lucas' Team (5/6):
-Monferno: Ember, Mach Punch, Flame Wheel, Cut, Leer
-Luxio: Spark, Charge, Tackle, Bite, Flash
-Bibarel: Water Gun, Headbutt, Rock Smash, Yawn
-Staraptor: Fly, Aerial Ace, Quick Attack, Tackle, Brave Bird, Defog
-Gabite: Slash, Dragon Claw, Dig, Take Down, Iron Tail
Next Chapter: Lucas vs Maylene
Lucas goes face to face with Veilstone City's gym leader, Maylene