Unova Region

I couldn't believe how empty the town was. Yet, I wasn't shocked enough to start tearing up at the situation. I knew at times like these, you had to stay calm. Panic is the biggest enemy in catastrophe. The pain was pushed deep down: that I might never find her again, my master. I didn't need to think that, that would be futile. I needed to get answers. And I needed to find her. I felt like deciding to check for evidence on a small scale. I didn't pay attention to the balling goomby, crying her eyes out at the situation it was in. I have been through so many tears that I pity the emotion: sadness. Sadness is a large wall in someone's life that doesn't need to be there. We just get distracted.

The blank expression on my face as I went down the driveway, my arms relaxed at my side and I went towards my trainer's mailbox. I creaked down the steel door, a few chips of paint falling to the ground. Inside the mailbox, contents about some new pokedex accessories coming out. This didn't intrigue at all, so I skipped ahead in the fold of envelopes. I continued on through the mail and still didn't find anything important. Except for this one letter. It was a bill from a trip to the Sevii Islands. This was very miniscule, but I held onto in anyways. I slipped the piece of paper under my scarf and continued on.

I walked down the main street of my town, heading towards the forest heading west. I was going to attempt to get company along the way, but what was presented to me was... idiotic. Most of the land pokemon, oddly enough, were rummaging through people's cars, stealing things and fighting over those stolen objects. Aipom were swiping fruit from every stand that they could find, only to throw the fruit at each other. Yet, some of them were devastated; sobbing with their other friends knowing that their trainer was gone as well. No one had decided to leave. Everyone was acting like the world was ending. No that wasn't going to happen. I wasn't going to let it.

I trudged on through thick forest, conserving my energy knowing that it'd be quite a long walk most likely to get to my trainer. The trail began its twists and turns as I contemplated over the entire catastrophe itself. My master didn't die, that was blatantly obvious. But there was something else of the matter. Someone, or something, took her from me. And, boy, did that make me mad. No one had the right to take of what is rightfully mine. I continued on, scratching my neck noticing that the trail was changing. Instead of a lot of curves and hills the road went straight. Ahead of me, past the brush and the ever so annoying bug pokemon, was a bright new city. As the town's sign passed me, I read the words "Castelia" and went on to the residential area, hoping to find more humans.

Continuing on through the forest I saw the ninetails run excitedly, shaking my head for a few moments before following her behind. The buildings of the town before us passed me again and I stared at how busy the town should have been once again. The clouds in the air encouraged my breathing even more, myself knowing that a small shower of rain was coming our way. It calmed me; more than I usually would be. But, this eagerness and hurrying, it made me quite irritable. The fact that we'd be heading out immediately with just a note to tell us where we were going... it didn't make sense. I skid behind the back bumper of the boat and crossed my arms, thinking on the criteria of the situation.

Just as the Ninetails pounced onto the deck of the boat, I sighed and said simply, "We can't expect the journey to be easy. We don't even know who took our owners." I stared onto the ground before me and muttered, "I know pokemon well enough that they wouldn't do this. It's not in their nature. Which means other humans, bad humans, took them. We aren't specifically ready to deal with that, yet." I gazed back out onto the water, its steady presence reflecting off my face's appearance. I glanced at the ninetails and stated, "We need numbers: a team. A league of pokemon fighting against this. And I'd rather not leave it to a couple of lacking Rattata." I craned my neck over my scarf and noticed a group of the ruffians. My eyes were half-closed, as I let out a disappointed sigh. I got onto the boat and smiled, stomping to find the boat as sturdy as it is.

"Although, you have given us an excellent resource to use..." I breathed out quietly before quickly jumping off the boat back onto the docks. "We can use it once we have a bigger squad and some more proof as to who took our loved ones. We should get to know with what we're dealing with here." I recommended, walking onto the trail. "Of course, you can go there by yourself. I'm not stopping you." I shouted, simply striding away from the scene. Although, a feeling in my mind told me to halt and glance back waiting for her. There wasn't a feeling of resentment with this intriguing looking pokemon. She had a certain spunk to her that lead me on but intellect that made me know she was of good use to me. I stood there, keeping my arms up behind me and staring at her.

During the midst of the discussion, it made me wonder as to why this stash of food wasn't taken. What about the pokemon who could have possibly been in rehab? What happened to them? They didn't appear to be there. I rubbed my chin and thought about knowing that someone must have had these set up here. I looked at everyone and stated, "That would be fine, getting berries and other various items like clothing for you Vixy. But think about it. The longer we hold onto these items, the more of a chance that we could get them stolen from us. That Umbreon we spotted earlier was too suspicious as to NOT take any of the items." I got done with the baggage and said, "We'll get those other items at Hoenn, but for now, I don't think it's safe where we are at the moment." I placed a few of the potions in the bag as well.

We exited the pokecenter in an orderly fashion and I had my eyes set on the boat sights ahead of us. "Everyone, on." I muttered, allowing all of the others onto the boat like a proper gentlemen. I got up to the main seat where the controls were. I viewed the various knobs and stared at the unfilled blubs, not lighting like I usually see them. I kept scanning until I found a thin piece of metal in the control panel. I touched it, gently twisting it until the boat made a rumbling noise. I had even let go and the rumbling kept going, just at a softer intensity. "I think its working now." I stated to everyone, the clouds completely clearing up as the sun reflected on the rear-view mirror. I then looked at the odd circular device in front of me and the peddles near my feet.

I gently pressed on the peddle closest to the right side of my foot. The odd metal machine accelerated forward slowly, revving and vibrating as I did so. I held onto the wheel in front of me and twisted it. As I did so, the machine responded by turning the direction I rotated the circular device. I then pressed the peddle closest to my left foot and then the machine stopped going forward. I realized how to move around in this thing. It was oddly satisfying, but I didn't think to go ahead recklessly. I told everyone, "Find somewhere to sit. You'll fly off into the water if you don't. As soon as everyone found a seat, I pushed the right peddle with a little more force and the boat went faster. I grunted as I was pushed back into the seat, but eventually got control of myself and smiled. I steered to the direction of southeast and we began our journey to Hoenn.

Lilly woke up to silence, dead silence. This wasn't normal. Lilly was always woken up by her Trainer, Sierra, but she didn't. Lilly walked to the kitchen to find no one in sight. Lilly barked, but there was no reply. She walked outside and not a soul for miles could been seen. Lilly roamed around and couldn't find anyone. "Sierra!?" She would bark in search of her Trainer. After 12 hours, she gave up and started looking for Pokemon instead.

Lilly continued to search for other Pokemon, but never found any. "Where is everyone?" Lilly whimpered, stopping at a cave to rest. "Well, I'll continue tomorrow..." and fell asleep.

After she woke up, she heard big thumps in the ground. She stood up and looked outside the cave, only to see a large Dinosaur Pokemon.