Prologue

Kanto Region

Its been nearly two years. Two years since me and my girls decided to settle down on our island home and begin the next phase of our lives. Sakinah was a few months pregnant and all three of us were excited at the prospect of being parents.

At first things were slow, we would have visitors, then on the weekends me and Azula would leave to take on the Crew of the Orange Island League. Me and sparky easily tore through the gym leaders and took down Drake in an intense a match as I have ever had. And when I had my picture placed next to my fathers I must say I almost cried.

During my time there I was able to add a couple pokemon to my roster, no fighters but still real good potential. Amazingly the first was a Yanma that happened to be flying through as I was trying to catch a Skarmory. He took the pokeball hit and the damn bird got away. But you know me, another bug type in my army will never be turned away.

The second pokemon I caught happened to be a Lapras. I know, I know, for all you Ash Ketchum purists who are like, 'Did you know your dad had one?'. Yeah, but mine is staying. Does anyone know how rare these pokemon are? Huh? I thought so, I immediately sent it to the house and Professor Oak, who happened to be there checking on the equipment, said its rather large for its species. Sharpedo has been having fun now that he has a swim buddy though so it was a score.

Lastly I inadvertently caught a random Geodude after I tripped over him and a pokeball popped off my belt. I told my mother the story and she regaled me with the story of how she caught her Psyduck. I've always loved her Psyduck, that crazy duck could always make me laugh.

Sakinah's pregnancy had been progressing smoothly while Azula and I were away here and there. Our mothers are beyond controlling but my little porcelain doll seems to have the stronger disposition now. Amazingly she has taken up gardening and being the overall caretaker for the pokemon, though we all split the responsibilities when we are all home.

Our little island has become a nice pokemon sanctuary and we have seen pokemon appear that we have never seen in person before. We have even relocated a small herd of Deerling and Stantler that was forced from their home by a pack of wild Houndour and Growlith.

Azula has taken to the pokemon lab to learn all she could from Uncle Tracy and the Oak's. She has used Saki's Rotom to keep things running at the top of their game and is even starting to think about schooling on being a researcher in her own right. She was even able to save the lab from a pair of rogue Magneton who were interfering with all the equipment. This little battle caused both her Electabuzz and Electrike to evolve and she easily caught the pair.

But that was nothing, compared to that early day May. The entire isle was awoken by a massive psychic blast from Sakinah.

FLASHBACK

"AHHHHHH!"

Miracle jumped from the bed like Hitmonlee using jump kick. Azula followed suite as she rolled to the floor, "Wha, whats happening?"

"Were under attack," Mira exclaimed in a haze.

"No," Saki grunted, "I just had a contraction."

"Are you serious?!" Azula popped, "Isnt it too early or something?"

"No shes right on schedule, I was expecting this soon...Just not this early in the morning."

"What do we do next?" Azula asked.

"Call the doctor," Saki spoke, "Then our mothers, then lets get to Cinnabar Island."

"Okay... wait are we forgetting something?" Mira asked.

"What the hell is going on?" A male voice yelled from outside.

"Oh shit, Dad!" Miracle darted out of the bedroom, jumping into pants and a shirt in the process.

The pair crashed as they met at the front door, "Mira, what has happened? I was blasted awake somehow."

"Saki had a contraction, we are putting our plan into action."

"Ahh, okay I'll head back to Pallet Town to grab your mother. I'm assuming Sabrina and Fyre will most likely beat us there so be strong. Don't let her hold your hand, you woman tend to break hands."

"Dad, I'm more worried about a psychic EMP knocking out the entire hospital. But your concern is dually noted."

"I love you Mimi. I'm so proud of who you are, in spite of your mothers and mines shortcomings when we decided to adopt you you have been more then what we could have ever hoped for. Now you are about to be a mother yourself, I guess what I'm saying...is that I'm, we, we are all very happy for you."

END FLASHBACK

It took us three hours to get to the hospital in Cinnabar, we were stopped by several trainers who wanted battles not realizing the situation we were in. I throttled them easily enough but we were still irritated beyond belief.

Then as expected, when we got to the hospital Sabrina and Fyre were awaiting us. Psychics are scary, have I ever said that before. Saki was a strong one, not a ton of women would go through twelve hours of labor as calmly as she did, but the final two hours were hell. Mainly for Azula and myself.

Somehow her dainty little hand was able to fracture two of my fingers, and nearly dislocated Azula's shoulder. But in the end none of that mattered, the three of us welcomed a healthy baby girl who we named Harmony Sabrina Ketchum. She was six pound of sweet porcelain skin with dark dirty blonde fluff upon her head. And her eyes seemed to be almost bronze like Azula's...which was weird, but now she will have a trait she will share with every one of her mothers.

It didn't take long for this little girl to completely take over our entire world, she was our everything, and she knew it. She was never fussy or whiny, which made evenings great, but she did have moments here and there. After a few months, and a few small pokemon encounters in the house, we decided to introduce her to the bigger pokemon. Hitmonlee, Hitmontop and the other mid sized pokemon were really appealing to her.

But we could have never anticipated her reaction to the large pokemon. Aerodactyl and Steelix were like giant play structures, the big guys were so delicate with her that we didn't even notice her start crawl. It wasn't much but she was starting to get forward momentum, and as time went on she would become bolder and bolder. I mean if Saki wasn't a psychic our little girl would have more then a few little scrapes.

After Harmony reached a year old Azula and I started taking the weekends to head back into Kanto to take on the Battle Frontier. They were definitely tougher then the gym leaders, especially Aunt Lucy. I had to take on the Battle Pike on three separate occasions.

First came the Battle Salon and Anabel, the match was long and drawn out for a three on three. Luckily my Metagross was able to outlast hers and I was able to get the first symbol. Next came Tucker and the Battle Dome. A two on two tag format was probably not the best match he could have chosen but it was an entertaining dual none the less. It was fun seeing my Kirlia and Froslass destroy his Arcanine and Swampert.

Next came Greta and the Battle Arena. This was the first place I had to make a second trip, I seriously underestimated the power of her Hariyama as it wiped out both my Escavalier and my recently acquired Pineco. But a few days later I wiped her out with Lapras and Gengar. I do tend to learn my lesson, just ask my parents.

Sadly Spencer of the Battle Palace had passed on some time ago, but I did come across a trainer I was fairly familiar with. Erin...The previous leader of the Celadon City and wife to my friend Kobi, oh and not to mention the grass mutant of our group. I was finally able to fend her off with my Masquerain after she obliterated my Milotic.

After the beatings my Aunt Lucy gave me I finally beat her and moved on to the leader of the Battle Factory. Noland was setting up for his retirement when I showed up,and I heard the story of him fighting my father with a Articuno so I needed to check the story. Not only was it true, but he ended up fighting me one on one with his friend Moltres. I went with Sceptile and if I didn't use mega evolution I would have lost hands down.

Last but not least was the Battle Pyramid. But from what I had heard, Brandon was no longer the champion. When Azula and I finally located it I was surprised to see a man my father spoke very highly of, the mans name was Paul. He was strong,and a ruthless fighter, and his Electivire was perhaps the single strongest pokemon I have ever faced outside of a legendary. My combo of Sceptile and Scizor were finally able to put the big guy to rest and earn my final battle symbol.

As the time off started to creep toward eighteen months the three of us had to finally think about getting things back on the road. With my evil mother biding her time, like I knew she would, we knew we should get back to knocking her organization around like a midget taking on a boxer. Our only questions were, where do we go? And do we take Harmony with us.

Our issues with bringing Harmony with us were quickly quashed, she is our little girl and was definitely safer then leaving her with anybody else. Lets just face it Alpha knows she exists, I dont know how, but I would be stupid not to think she would.

Now, as for our next destination, the difficulty was a lot simpler then we had initially thought. My last major challenger had put this little idea in my head about a region that was very diverse. A region known for thick marshlands, tropical islands and a frozen tundra. Mountainous caverns sitting near areas of dense unrelenting fog.

We were heading...to Sinnoh!