Eridante region, a small village to the Southeast. Lonrim Village…
"Polo! Wake up already, or you'll be late to meet the Professor!"
A voice cut through the silence and a 15-year-old boy opened his eyes with slight confusion.
"Oh right that's today!" He quickly breaks into a cheery smile and gets out of bed. "I'll be right down Ma!"
The boy is Polo and he has just moved to the Eridante region with his parents. He changes into his adventuring gear which are khaki shorts, an orange t shirt and a sky blue short sleeve jacket. He also grabs a brown and white hat from the night stand nearby. Polo is unusually tall for his age, although this is unsurprising given the Alola region is home to many athletic types.
"Ha…cold isn't it? Ah well…" Polo yawns and hugs his mother.
"How are you so c-c-calm about this" Polo's mother, named Annabeth asks as her teeth chatter. "Alola was so much nicer than this…your Dad really had to move here for work huh". Annabeth was not impressed with her new locale.
"Come on Mum, we both know helping Pokemon in need is important, and the Ranger's Association here in Eridante is one of the best in the world!" Polo grabs some birdfeed from a nearby cupboard and moved to the window, where he started feeding some local Taillow.
"I get that Polo dear, but…but it was so fun being a model ahhhhhh!" Annabeth makes a dramatic fake sigh, but they both stare at each other and start laughing. The motto of their family was "feel the bad nights to enjoy the good vibes".
"Well…maybe you can revitalise the modelling scene…eh Furfrou?" Polo pats his mother's Furfrou as he meanders into the living room for breakfast. Furfrou grunts dismissively and continues walking.
Annabeth's eyes narrowed "Very funny mister, fashion literally doesn't exist here. At one with tradition and technology…I don't know why this region cares about that so much instead."
"Anyway stop changing the topic! You need to rush now to meet Professor Topaz at the lab! How are you this carefree, I'm actually jealous" Annabeth fusses but at the same time packs a lunch for him.
"Que sera sera…Mother" Polo says mysteriously but Annabeth just rolls her eyes.
"Get there safe now…and stay out of the wild grass? For now."
"Roger that!" Polo cheers and rushes off to the laboratory.
Annabeth looks out the window at him and muses "That boy….honestly."
Route 1
Polo was checking his bag for various items, and he heard some noises nearby. He rushed over to see a trainer looking confident and directing her Pokémon (a red, bipedal insect looking mon with sharp spears for hands) to attack a wild Pokémon. The Pokémon strikes it's mark and the Fletchinder faints and rushes away.
"See Pawniard? Even with the type disadvantage, your power and intellect saw us through." The girl remarks proudly. The Pawniard looked to be blushing but quickly stopped when it noticed Polo.
"Hmm?" the girl turns around at Pawniard's reaction and sees Polo.
The girl has slightly tanned skin, light purple irises and medium length straightened black hair. She wears a classic style white red and blue cap, and a summery orange and yellow tank top. She also has jean shorts on and two earrings, one golden and the other cobalt blue, looking like medallions hanging from her ears.
"Wow….I think my mum would say you know fashion" Polo looks genuinely impressed.
"What does that even mean? First words to a stranger…" the mysterious girl glowers but then laughs it off. She extends her hand to Polo.
"I'm Maria. From Paldea. And I'm going to be the Pokémon Champion of Eridante this year."
These two had a fated meeting, that would intertwine greatly for the coming years…