Team Sinnoh has arrived thru their portal and arrived in a town with a couple of houses and with large and small patches of snow laying on the ground.

"Wow… Where are we?" Bridgette asked in awe.

"I don't know babe but is anyone feeling chilly?" Geoff asked also as he rubbed his arms.

"Yeah, it's really cold here but at least this place looks nice." Brick said as B gave a thumbs up.

"So, what do we do now?" Lindsay asked as Sierra sighed.

"If Cody were here, he could show us. He knows every Pokémon game there is. He even had about 325 Pokémon cards when he was young and had a Charmander plushie when he was 6." Sierra explained as the other looked at her weirdly.

"Okay then… How bout we ask the locals around here?" Jasmine suggested as Brick saluted.

"Agreed. Team, split up and look around for anything and report back if you found anything." Brick ordered as everyone was about to split until…

"Out of the way!" Someone yelled out as the person ran into Brick as they both fell on their butts.

"Dude, are you okay?" Geoff asked as B helped Brick up as he dusted himself off.

"I'm fine." Brick answered as the person got up as well.

"Hey, watch where you're going man!" The boy yelled at him.

"My apologies but you ran into me." Brick said back as the boy glared.

"Well whatever, the name's Barry. I'm in a hurry to get to Sandgem Town to get my first Pokémon from Professor Rowan." Barry explained.

"Isn't that something you use to make a boat move?" Lindsay asked.

"He means Rowan Lindsay." Jasmine corrected her as she then said "Speaking of which, who is he anyways?"

"What, you guys don't know who he is?" Barry asked in shock.

"No we don't can you please explain who he is?" Jasmine asked back.

"Well he's a very important guy who studies Pokémon all over the world! I'm going to Sandgem Town to see him and collect my first Pokémon. After that, I'm going to catch more Pokémon and become a Pokémon Master!" Barry explains.

"What's a Pokémon Master?" Geoff asked as Barry gasped.

"What do you mean you don't know!? Are you dumb or something?" Barry yelled at him.

"Hey, don't yell at my boyfriend like that, we hardly know what we're doing anyways!" Bridgette shot back, defending her boyfriend.

"Wow, you guys don't know about the Pokémon Master either. You guys must be either sheltered your entire lives or must be from another planet." Barry said.

"Funny you should mention that…" Brick started but was stopped by B putting a hand on his shoulder, shaking his head no. Barry then gave a smug grin.

"Well if that's true, then any of my Pokémon can beat all of you without a single scratch." Barry boasted but Sierra, who was surprisingly silent for most of the conversation, decided to butt in.

"Didn't you say you don't have any Pokémon on you?" Sierra asked with a smirk as Barry suddenly got nervous.

"W-Well, I… It doesn't matter! I'm going to see Professor Rowan now! See ya." Barry exclaimed before running off.

"Well that was something." Brick said but regained focused, "but we still need to figure out where to go."

"Wait a minute. That Professor Rowan sounds important right? And that Barry said he was in Sandgem Town…" Jasmine said

"…meaning that's where we need to go." Bridgette finished.

"And he ran that way. Hey, we're not done with you!" Sierra yelled as she started to run after Barry.

"Sierra wait!" Jasmine yelled as the others started running after her.

Confession Break:

Sierra: OMG! I can't believe I'm actually in Cody's favorite videogame. He's probably nerding out like the adorable Cody he is. I really miss him but not too worry. {Hold's up Piplup's Pokeball} I have a adorable Co- I mean Piplup with me so it won't be that back.

Confession Ends

they ran into Route 201 where there a few trees with bits of snow on it. It also got patches of tall grasses and two ledges, one of them being wider.

Sierra finally caught up to him in which he was surprised.

"What the? What do you want now?" Barry asked in shock as the others caught up.

"Well you said Professor Rowan was in Sandgem Town and you were going there so we thought that we should follow you." Sierra explained.

"Well… alright I guess." Barry answered, "but only if I can battle one of you guys when I get my Pokémon!"

"Sure dude." Geoff answered as the others didn't seem to not agree with his claim.

"Alright, now we just have to go thru this tall grass filled with wild Pokémon to get to the other side." Barry explained to them as Jasmine raised a brow.

"Wait a minute, ain't that dangerous since you don't have any?" She asked.

"It's fine, you guys can just protect me in case something happens." He turned towards the grass, "Alright, let's do this- "

"Hold it!"

The group turns around to see an old man with a thick white mustache walking towards them. He was wearing a white shirt underneath a light blue vest and tie and wore dark teal pants. This was Professor Rowan.

"You there, young man! I don't see any Pokémon on you. Then what is the meaning of going into the tall grass?!" Rowan asked Barry in which Lindsay raised her hand.

"Oh oh. It's because we're trying to find Roman." Lindsay answered for him.

"It's Professor Rowan, Lindsay and yeah, Barry said he could help us find him." Bridgette corrected him and explained to the old professor.

"Hmm, even still, no one allows is to be in the tall grass, a group or not. Besides I think I'm the person you're looking for." He said as their eyes widen.

"Woah, you're the professor?" Geoff asked in shock.

"No way… that old guy's the professor" Barry muttered.

"Yes, I'm Professor Rowan and you all are contestants from Total Drama." He explained as Brick immediately bowed his head.

"I'm so sorry sir! We didn't know it was against the rules." Brick apologized as Sierra rolled her eyes.

"Well duh, of course. All Pokémon professors are at least 50 to 60 years old." Sierra said as Rowan raised an eyebrow.

"Sierra!" Jasmine exclaimed, yelling at Sierra. "Sorry sir, she likes to hear her own mouth talk." Before Sierra could fire back, B put a hand on her shoulder, shaking his head no. She reluctantly backed off. The professor cleared his throat and walked away from them, thinking out loud to himself.

"They tried going into the tall grass because they wanted Pokémon… Hmm… What to do…? Their world would surely change if they met Pokémon… Is it right for me to put the boy on that path…?" He wondered, the others hearing him.

"Who's he talking to?" Lindsay whispered to Bridgette in which she shrugged in response. He then walked back to the group.

"You all, do you love Pokémon, do you?" Rowan asked them. The Sinnoh group looked at each other before Barry responded

"Of course I love Pokémon! They're so awesome!" Barry responded.

"Yeah, I mean, we just met the little guys, but we think their cool. Right guys?" Jasmine asked the others as the others expressed the love for their partners, especially Sierra and Lindsay {With B, he just held a thumbs up.} Satisfied with the answer, Rowan nodded.

"Very well, Barry I will give your first Pokémon…" Barry jumped up in excitement, but the Professor wasn't done. "…However. You must promise me that you will never willingly be endangered yourself again. That goes for you all as well." He said.

"We promise sir!" Brick exclaimed.

"Good, now is…" And right on cue, a young girl started to walk towards them with a briefcase in hand. She wore a white cap on her head and blue hair. She was wearing a red coat with four buttons and a scarf wrapped around her neck. She wore pink boots and white socks that go up to her knees. And has a white bag around her left arm. This was Dawn, Professor Rowan's assistant.

"Professor Rowan. You left your briefcase at the lake!" She said to him. She then noticed the large group as she dropped the suitcase down. "Oh, is something wrong?"

"Ah, there it is! Dawn, nice work!" Rowan thanked her. "I was about to do was to entrust this Barry, the young boy, with his own Pokémon."

"Pardon?!" Dawn exclaimed in shock, "These Pokémon are hard to replace. Are you sure about giving them away?"

"Hm! We exist side by side with Pokémon. These comes a time when people should meet Pokémon. There is a world that should be explored together. For Barry, today is that time. This place, right now." Rowan explained as Brick started to cry.

"That was the most beautiful speech I have ever heard." Brick sniffled.

"Dude, are you crying?" Geoff asked. Brick then realized he was being watched and immediately wiped his eyes.

"N-No I wasn't, some ice got in my eyes, causing them to melt into water droplets." Brick explained himself as the surfer smirked

"Sure dude." Geoff replied as Brick sighed in defeated.

"Go on! Open the briefcase and choose a Pokémon!" Rowan said to him as Barry did and opened the briefcase to see three Pokeballs that were labeled by the Sinnoh starters. After a minute, he finally made his choice.

"I've decided! Piplup will be my Pokémon!" Barry exclaimed as he held his Pokeball that contain the Penguin Pokémon.

"Very well. You have chosen a good Pokémon, it seems." Rowan said. "Now listen up! That goes for you Team Sinnoh. The Pokémon you have been entrusted with are unfamiliar with the world. In that regard, they're much like you. As fellow newcomers to the world, I hope you'll do well together."

"You got it Professor. We'll take good care of them." Bridgette said as the Professor nodded.

"Good. If you have any trouble, come see me at any lab in Sandgem town. And now, we'll be on our way." And with that, Rowan walked past them and headed to his lab.

"Professor! Wait for me, please!" Dawn said as she ran after her boss.

"Huh, for such an intimidating looking guy, he was swell fella." Jasmine stated as Barry laughed sheepishly.

"Yeah, on TV he's so stern and scary." He then scratch the back of his head. "Hey, I'm just wanted to say I'm sorry for the things I said to you all. I was really just surprised that you guys didn't know what Pokémon were."

"It's cool dude. We just got our Pokémon too like an hour ago so we're clueless just like you." Geoff said, accepting his apology as well as the others. Barry smiled in relief.

"Cool. By the way though, never really caught your names." He said.

"Oh yeah, forgot about that. I'm Geoff."

"I'm Bridgette."

"I'm Lindsay."

"I'm Sierra."

"The name's Jasmine."

"Brick Macarthur! And his name is B."

"Well nice to meet you all. Now we all got Pokémon now. Meaning…" He held up his pokeball. "Which one of you guys want to battle me?"

"A fight. Now?" Jasmine asked

"Yep! Now who wants to battle?" He asked again as the team looked at each other with then Brick walking forwards.

"Very well. I shall battle you." Brick said as he held out his Pokeball. Garry smirked.

"Great! I always wanted to say this… Brick! I challenge to a Pokémon battle!" He declared as the two got ready.

Confession Starts

Brick: The reason why I wanted to go is because I need to start out strong and make the others see that me and Turtwig will not go down easy.

Geoff: Man, I wanted to go. Oh well, go Brick!

Jasmine: Hmm, I'm honestly curious as to how Pokémon battling works. Hope it's not as bad as I'm making it out to be.

Confession Ends

Garry and Brick stood opposite of each other as the others in Team Sinnoh stood back, waiting for the two to battle. Then Sierra had an idea.

"Ooo, we should let our Pokémon watch this battle. That way they can learn from this." Sierra explained as she brought out her Piplup.

"Hmm, not a bad idea…" Jasmine said as she then brought out her Chimchar as he climbed on her shoulder.

"Fine by me brah." Geoff said also as he too brought out his Chimchar as did the others with their respective Pokémon.

"Ready to do this?" Barry asked his opponent.

"Of course." Brick said as he grabbed his Pokeball. "Come out my comrade!"

"Let's go Piplup!"

The two threw out their starters, Piplup and Turtwig, as they stared each other down.

"Aw man, you have Turtwig. That puts us at a disadvantage." Barry groaned but shook his head. "But no matter, we got this Piplup!" His partner chirped in response. Sierra then yells

"Ooh, Brick. Turtwig knows the moves Tackle & Withdraw! Keep that in mind." Sierra yelled out to him in which he nodded.

"Um, how do you know what moves his Rootwig uses?" Lindsay asks confused on how she knows.

"I told you, I'm an expert Cody knower. He plays all of the Pokémon games so I would know ALL about them as Cody played over 100 hours without sleep." She explains as the others looked at her like she's crazy

"As if she didn't give me the creeps earlier." Jasmine whispered to Bridgette to which she nod in agreement.

"We'll make the first move. Alright Piplup, use Pound!" Barry said as Piplup ran towards Turtwig with his fin glowing white.

"Turtwig, tackle them!" Turtwig then ran towards Piplup as well, in which Turtwig's tackle was able to hit him first, sending the Penguin back.

"What the..?! That one hurt, you!" Barry yelled at him as he looked down at Piplup. "Piplup, use growl and then pound." Piplup let a tiny growl at the Turtwig, lowering his attack, and came running at him.

"Tackle him again Turtwig!"

"Dodge it!" Piplup dodged the tackle and hit the turtle Pokémon, sending him back.

"Woah, he got a hit in!" Geoff said in amazement as Lindsay looked confused.

"Wait, why did his Donna growl at him? I didn't know Penguins can growl." Lindsay asked.

"Donna?" Bridgette asked with a raised brow as Lindsay picked up her Piplup.

"Yeah, I name her Donna since it sounded a lot better than saying Puplup." Lindsay explained.

"Well to answer your question Lindsay, growl is a move that lowers the Pokemon's attack power." Sierra explained as we get back to Brick and Barry, it wasn't looking good for the soldier. His Turtwig was getting hit by Barry's Piplup multiple times.

"If I don't do something soon, I'm going to lose! Think Brick think!"He then remembered the other move Sierra mentioned.

"Turtwig, use withdraw!" Brick ordered as Turtwig retracted inside his shell to save himself from the Penguin's barrage.

"Woah, the little dude retracted in his shell!" Geoff said as Barry smirked.

"Just because he's hidden doesn't make him safe. Piplup!" Piplup hit him again with pound, sending his shell back as it rolled around on the ground and after it stopped spinning, he came out of his shell.

"Good. Now Turtwig, tackle him!"

"Pound, Piplup!"

The two came running at each other again, attacks out, and Piplup hit him again but surprisingly, Turtwig seemed to tank the attack and tackle Piplup regardless.

"Woah, he powered thru it." Jasmine said. "But how? He was getting smacked around a few seconds ago?"

"Well withdraw is move that increases the Pokemon's defense so that's how Brick's Turtwig was able to pull it off." Sierra explained once more.

"Woohoo! You got this dude!" Geoff cheered.

"Doesn't matter, we're finishing this. Piplup, pound once more!" Piplup's fin lit up once more to attack Turtwig.

"Dodge it Turtwig!" Turtwig dodged it at the last second, leaving both Barry and his Piplup shocked.

"Now tackle!" Turtwig tackled him once more, doing more damage than usual, that send Piplup to the ground, finally making him faint.

"And Turtwig wins!" Sierra exclaimed as Team Sinnoh cheered for him, happy for his win. Brick sighed in relief, happy that he was able to win his first battle. He looked down at his Turtwig who looked up at his with a happy expression.

"You did good soldier." Brick said as he picked up his partner. "Rest well." With that, he put him in his Pokeball. Meanwhile with Barry…

"What, we actually lost?!" Barry exclaimed. He had him on the ropes but Brick somehow managed to pull off a win. He sighed and went over to Piplup. "You did good buddy. Take a good rest." With that, he returned Piplup to his Pokeball. He then went over to Brick. "I'll admit Brick, you did good but next time I will win, you hear me."

"Loud and clear Barry." Brick responded back.

"Well anyways, I'm going back home. My mom probably wants to see my new partner and he'll need to rest up. See you guys later." Barry said as he then went back to his home, then others saying goodbye to him

Confession Starts

Bridgette: Barry may have come off as cocky and annoying, {She smiles} he's a pretty nice guy once you get to know him.

Geoff: The dude called me dumb, {He smiles} he's cool in my book

Brick: {Sighs in relief} I'm so glad I was able to win that. To be honest, all of that was just me being lucky. {His look hardened} But no worries, I'll just have to make sure to train me and Turtwig to become stronger and win this

Jasmine: {Sitting with Chimchar on her shoulder} Sure, Barry was a total drongo, but nice guy overall. And the battle didn't look that bad so I guess I can give this a shot. Right bud?

Chimchar: Chimchar!

Sierra: Oh. My. Goodness! I couldn't believe I got to see an actual Pokémon battle. It was so exciting! Now… I can use the knowledge to win this whole thing. {She pauses}. Oh… and Barry's okay I guess

Lindsay: {She had Donna in her lap} Oh goodness that was something else, wasn't it Donna?

Donna: Piplup!

B: {Seen writing down something on a notepad. After a few seconds, he held it out to the camera saying: "Barry is good in my book".}

Confession Ends

"Well now that's out of the way, let's move on to Sandgem Town and- "Sierra didn't finish her sentence when she was interrupted by a loud caw of some bird. They all looked up to see a flock of Staravias flying up above, boxes in their talons.

"What are those birds? And what do they have in their talons?" Jasmine asked as Sierra squinted her eyes to look.

"Those are Staravias. They usually all fly in flocks." The mega-fan explained as the flock soon went above them and drop their load on them.

"Jump for cover!" Brick yelled as they all jumped out of the way of the boxes as 7 boxes dropped to the ground with an audible *thud*. They all then looked to see each of them had their names on it.

"Must be it for us." Jasmine said, looking at her box.

"But what's inside the box?" Lindsay asked.

"Only one way to find out." Bridgette answered as they all opened their respective boxes. Inside were a pair of shoes that had different colors: Pink for Geoff, blue for Bridgette, forest green for Brick, orange for Lindsay, yellow & purple for Sierra, dark yellow for Jasmine, and black for B.

"Cool shoes." Geoff said as he looked at them.

"These are so my color. Thank you mysterious birds!" Lindsay said, thanking the birds to drop them. Brick then noticed B pick something out from the box.

"Hey B. What's that?" Brick asked his friend as the silent inventor picked up from his box, a voice box that can go around his neck.

"A voice box?" Bridgette asked in wonder and before they could say anything as they noticed something inside the box.

"Hey guys, look. A letter." Jasmine stated as they all looked in her box to see a letter. She picked it up and opened the letter. It was from Chris.

"Oh great. What does that bugger want now?" Jasmine asked as she started reading the letter out loud.

"Hello there trainers, Chris Mclain here, and before anyone asks, yes I've written a letter instead of talking to you on the TDPE controllers, I was busy with other stuff. Anyways, if your reading this then that must mean you've gotten the aerial packages those Staravias dropped by. Inside those boxes are running shoes that are able to help you running faster than usual. This is a race after all.

Also for Beverly, your dad sent you your voice box that you made to help you communicate to other people. You're going to be needing this since you have to give out commands to your partner. Can't really do that since you can't talk.

And finally your next assignment, you all have to go to Lake Verity which is east of here. You'll get your next letter there.

Have fun and try not to get killed, or try to, those Starlys are very territorial creatures over at the Lake.

From, Chris Mclain

"Well, have to give it to the dude. These do feel nice." Geoff stated, liking the comfort his feet fell inside the shoes. Brick then started to run around in circles, going slightly faster than usual.

"And he was right about them making us run faster." Brick said as he stopped running.

"Good. Now, how are you holding up B." Jasmine asked as B put the voice box around his neck. He cleared his throat, which the sounds came out of the voice box. Then he then started talking thru the voice box… without moving his mouth.

"Am I coming thru clearing?"The deep voice came out of the box, startling everyone from the voice.

"B, is that you?" Brick asked his friend.

"Yes, it's me Brick."B replied as Geoff and the others got excited now.

"Wow dude, that's so cool. You made that?" Geoff asked.

"Yes I did. I've tried multiple times to get this voice box to work but failed to get it to work. Only recently was I able to finally to get it to work. I was going to put it on when I was asked to get on this season, but Chef put me in a sack and hauled me off."B explained, saying how he made his voice box.

"Wait, so you could never talk. I thought that you were just shy?" Lindsay asked, surprised that he just couldn't speak.

"In any case, I'm glad you've got a voice now B." Bridgette said in which the inventor smiled in response. Then Sierra ran up to him.

"Eeeee, finally! I can finally ask you these questions now that you can speak now. How are you so smart, how did you feel about Scott voting you off, and do you have feelings for Dawn-" She was interrupted by Jasmine holding her back.

"Woah there, calm down there dingo." Jasmine said as she dragged the uber-fan away.

"Actually to answer your questions Sierra, my dad was the head of Omron, a robotics group, my mom when she gave birth to me, at first for Scott I hated him now I just feel pity for the amount Fang goes after him, and me and Dawn are just friends."B said, answering all of Sierra's questions.

"Well anyways, now that we got all of that out of the way, where's Lake Verity?" Bridgette asked.

"He said to look east so east it is." Jasmine answered as the others then go east and, walking thru a short path, finding an opening in some trees with a sign that said"Lake Verity ahead. According to the legend, this lake is home to the Pokémon said to be "The Being of Emotion". It's because of this Pokémon that people can feel sorrow and joy."

"Hmm, interesting…"B said,"this Pokémon really is powerful."

"Do you think it'll be cute like Donna?" Lindsay asked.

"Let's see then. Onwards team." Jasmine said as then went inside the short path to see at the end a large beautiful lake.

"Wow, this lake is beautiful…" Bridgette muttered, taking in the sight of the lake before her.

"Not as beautiful as you Bridge." Geoff said, flirting with her that worked.

"Oh Geoffy!" They were about to make out until Sierra said.

"Hey guys, look over there." They all look towards the man, as he was saying something to himself.

"…The flowing time…The expanding space…I will make it all mine one day…Cyrus is my name. Remember it…Until then, sleep while you can, legendary Pokémon of the lake bed…" Cyrus muttered, as he then turned around as started walking towards the team. "Excuse me please…" He said as the others got out of his way and walked out of the way.

"Okay, this dude was creepy." Geoff said, getting a creepy vibe from as did everyone else.

"Well creepy person aside, let's find that letter." Jasmine said as then something hit her in the face. "Ah, bugger!" She grabbed it to show it was another envelope.

"Huh, another envelope." Brick said as Jasmine then opened the letter.

"Hello again trainers, Chris here. You found this letter and met the mysterious Cyrus. I don't want to spoil things but you'll probably see again soon… And then multiple more times. Anyways, for your next task is to go back the way you came and go west instead. There you'll get to Sandgem Town to meet with the Professor in his lab.

From, Chris Mclain

"He's telling us to go west now. God, it's like he's trying to lead on some scavenger hunt or something." Jasmine said, getting annoyed now.

"Well we should probably do what the letter says."B suggested.

"Agreed. Let's move team!" Brick said as they all went out of the forest and started heading east

Confession Starts

B: So… my first vocal confessional. Just wanted to say that it's great to have a voice and I'm glad everyone seems to like it

Brick: I'm proud of B being able to speak now. He can be a great asset to a team.

Confession Ends

They entered Route 201 and with thru the tall grass, meeting some Pokémon on the way {Lindsay getting talked by a Bidoof and Sierra trying to grab a Starly, Jasmine trying to stop her}. They ran into a guy with an apron on with a tray of potions on it.

"Hello there, I work at the Pokemart. I'm giving out these potions for beginning trainers as samples." The worker explained.

"What's a potion?" Lindsay asked.

"Potions are items that allow you to heal your Pokémon when it gets injured." He explained further as he handed one potion to each of them.

"Cool, thanks man." Geoff thanked.

"These are definitely going to be helpful. Thank you for the potions sir." Bridgette thanked also as the continued walking until they finally reached Sandgem Town which had a couple of houses, a Pokemon Center, a Pokemart, and Rowan's lab. And there is a beach south of the town.

"Well here we are everyone. Sandgem Town." Sierra said as they finally arrived at their destination.

"Looks kinda small." Geoff said, scratching his head.

"Yeah it is, now where is Professor Rowan?"B asked.

"Hey guys, over here!" they heard a familiar voice as they all look to see Dawn waving at them.

"Oh hey look, it's Barn." Lindsay said, seeing where Dawn is as they all met with Dawn.

"Hey Dawn, nice to see you again." Bridgette greeted.

"It's good to see you guys again. Could you all please, come with me. The professor is waiting for you all." Dawn said as they all walked towards the Pokemon Lab which is the largest building in this town and has a wind turbine.

"Here it is. The Pokemon Research Lab! Let's go…" Before Dawn could open the door, Garry came sprinting out of the door but ended up hitting Brick, making them both fall again.

"Gah, again!" Brick groaned.

"Wow, that's the second time that happened." Bridgette said, shocked that it happened twice

"Are you okay Brick?"B asked his friend as Brick just nodded and Barry groaned.

"What the…" Then he looked up to see Dawn and Team Sinnoh. "Oh hey it's you guys!" They both stand up to wipe the dirt off. "Sorry Brick, I was so excited about getting everything I need for my journey now."

"What did you get?" Lindsay asked.

"He gave me Pokeballs, a Pokedex, and some other stuff. By the way, that old guy… he's not scary so much as he is totally out there!" He said as he then walked away from the group. "Anyways, I'm out of here so see you guys later." And with that, he left to go on his big journey.

"Wow, who was that?" Dawn asked.

"That was Barry, hyper one he is." Jasmine answered.

"He seems to be really impatient." Dawn said.

"Yeah he is, but his heart's in the right place. So, are we going to get the things that Barry did?" Bridgette asked.

"Yup! Now let's go inside." They all went inside the lab and were brought to Professor Rowan. "I've brought them here Professor."

"Well, well, it's nice to see you all again." Professor Rowan greeted, "Now before we get to our main topic, can I have a look at all of your Pokemon?"

"Sure thing dude." Geoff said as they all brought out their partners.

"Thank you, now let's see…" He began examining all of Team Sinnoh's Pokemon one by one until he was done. "Hmm… I see… They all look to be rather happy. I'm really glad. To be honest, when I saw you guys with an inexperienced trainer heading into the tall grass, I was shocked. I was astounded by these foolhardy children." They all frowned a bit but smiled again when kept talking.

"But now, you've all astounded me in an entirely different way. Already, there is a bond growing between all of your Pokemon. I feel privileged to have met you all. I'm sure your Pokemon feel the same way about you. That's why I'll ask you all to cherish your Pokemon." He finished his speech.

"Don't sorry dude, will treat these guys like the part of our family." Geoff said as Chimchar climbed on his shoulder.

"Agreed. No harm will come to them." Brick agreed as he picked up his Turtwig.

"Aw, I'm so glad you guys are all kind to your Pokemon." Dawn said. "If you weren't, I'd had to… Oh, I just can't say it…"

"Don't worry Dawn. As Brick said, we'll take good care of them." Bridgette said, comforting Dawn with her words while she picked up her Piplup. Rowan then coughed.

"Er-hem! Let's move on to the main topic. There is something I want you all to do for me. All me to proper introduce myself first. My name, as you know, is Rowan. I study Pokemon. First of all, I want to know exactly what kinds of Pokemon live in the Sinnoh Region. To do so, it is necessary to collect data using the Pokedex."

"The thing that you gave Barry?"B asked.

"Correct. This is what I wished to ask of you all. I want to entrust you all with this Pokedex. This will be part of the tasks that Chris wants to complete this season." They all groaned at the name of Chris. "Dawn, could you please bring out the trolley."

"You got it Professor!" She went over to the next room and brought the trolley with 7 Pokedexes on them.

"Wow, these look so high-tech." Sierra said as she admired them.

"Indeed. Those Pokedexes are a very high-tech devices. It will automatically record data on every kind of Pokemon you encounter. It also shows its base stats, the moves it knows, etc."

"Thanks mate. These will be real helpful." Jasmine thanked.

"You're welcome Jasmine. Now Team Sinnoh, I ask that you all go everywhere and meet every kind of Pokemon you find on your journey. Chris said that if you can record every known ones in the Pokedex, you'll get an advantage later on your journey."

"Sweet!" Geoff cheered.

"And now one more thing before you go. When you all walked thru Route 201 with your Pokemon, what did you feel?" Rowan asked as the team all looked at each other before answering.

"Well dude, I've seen Chimchar is part of the family, so I'm cool with him." Geoff answered as the two seem to fist-bump.

"Yeah, with Piplup I don't feel like I'm alone. You see, I'm terrified of going into the woods alone. But with Piplup with me now, I'm feel safe." Bridgette explained as Piplup chirped in response.

"You've already got my answer with Turtwig." Said Brick.

"Back in Australia, I've taken care of tons of monkeys. Sure this one has the ability to breath fire now, but it's okay to me." Jasmine said.

"Whenever I'm with Piplup, it's remains me of my Cody and the time I became a momma on Easter Island."

"Oh, oh, me too. Donna here is so cute and beautiful."

"And for me and Turtwig, me and him will probably have a lot of fun this season."

Rowan smiled in response to their answers.

"You know, I've lived for 60 long years. Even now, I get a thrill when I'm with Pokemon. Now, you should know that there are countless Pokemon in this world. That means there are just as many thrills waiting for you there. Now go! Team Sinnoh, your grand adventure begins now!"

"Woohoo!" Geoff exclaimed, pumping both of his arms into the air. He then dropped them when he realized something. "But wait, what about Pokeballs. Don't we need them to catch Pokemon?"

"About that, Dawn will give each of you five Pokeballs after she shows you around this town and teach you all on how to catch a Pokemon." Rowan said.

"The Pokemon that I used for the first time was a Piplup. It's hard to believe now that three of us got a Piplup now! Not that it matters, but… I'm Dawn. I also help the professor add pages to the Pokedex. So, in a sense, I'm just like you guys. I just got a little head start on you, that's all. I'll be happy to teach you all things. I'm glad to have met you all! I'll be outside waiting for you guys." With that, she went outside the building.

"Well Professor, we'll be taking our leave now. It's was nice to have met you." Brick said as they all said their goodbyes to the Professor and headed outside, taking the next step on their journey.

B: Turtwig

Brick: Turtwig

Bridgette: Piplup

Geoff: Chimchar

Jasmine: Chimchar

Lindsay: Piplup

Sierra: Piplup