Note: Sweet Baby Ninetails has only just started playing the games, she
bases most of her info on the t.v. show.
Zerg1984ca assumes that there is an air strip near Pallet, so Sweet Baby
Ninetails is going to humor him (it makes sense, we mean, where the heck
else could those kids have gone so quickly to get to a blimp, hm?)
Arcticuno is going crazy because he can't think of anything...(not
enough caffeine...the gods are angry with me)
any questions, comments, flames, etc. are welcome, but be warned that
Sweet Baby Ninetails eats flames for breakfast
Disclaimer: umm...lacking a better one, this will be short a simple. we
don't own Pokemon.


Johto, Goldenrod City:

Mary closed her journal, and placed it in her dresser drawer. Standing
up, she yawned and stretched, then shivered in the cool breeze that blew
in her window, fluttering her slightly curly red-brown hair. A sudden
warmth washed over her, and she didn't mind the cold anymore, but she
shut the window anyways, and drew the curtains as tight as she could.
Her Eevee looked up from where it was lounging on the bed, and made an
inquirey.
"Yes, it's time for bed." Mary answered, holding out its pokeball."Return!"
Walking across the room, she locked her door, and turned off the light.
A sudden wave of heat blanketed the room with the darkness, and a sleak
shape slid onto the bed, with a soft, almost Pokemon-ish sigh. Bright
red eyes glowed dimly in the darkness, until they wearily shut.

The next morning, after dressing in her favorite clothes (a white t-shirt,
navy blue zip-front hoodie, faded jeans, and white and blue running
shoes), Mary slung her backpack over her shoulder, tucked Eevee under
her arm, and started walking to the Magnet Train station.
She stopped at the gym to chat with Whitney, gleefully noticing that
the gym leader cowered when she entered the gym (Mary's Pokemon had
beaten Whitney the previous year, not falling for the roll-out attack,
in one move apiece. Whitney was still upset about it).
"So, where are you off to?" Whitney inquired.
"Quite a few places." Mary started ticking them off on her fingers."Pallet
Town, but as none of my Pokemon know fly, I have to take a lone route
around...and I have to go to a few cities first. Then maybe I'll come
back here. Then up north."
"Up north?" Whitney asked blankly."To Ecruteak?"
"Nope."
"Lake of Rage?"
"Heck no." Mary made a face."I hate fishing..."
"Then where-?"
"Never mind, Whitney. Look, I gotta get going now. See ya..."
"Bye."

Kanto, Saffron City:

After arriving in Saffron City, Mary called home first, then started
treking north to Cerulean. Her super fast Arcanine got her there in no
time at all. Her extremely tall cousin, Sean, met her at the Pokemon
center.

Kanto, Cerulian City: Pokemon Center

"So, dad told me you'd be coming through Cerulian," Sean said as they
shared a bottle of Dr.Pepper between themselves and Eevee."Any particular
reason?"
"Of course."
"Why?"
"Got an errand to do."
"Oh?"
"Yes."
"Aren't you going to tell me?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"'Cause it isn't really anything I'd share with you...sixfooter!"
"Plump Jumpluff!"
Mary scowled and showed him just what a 'plump Jumpluff' could do as she
grabed the back of his neck. He froze as tingles ran up his spine. Eevee
just giggled.
"Give in?"
"Yes!" he squeeked. Mary released him. Sean rubbed the back of his neck
"Geez, why do you always do that?! When are you going to stop?!"
"When will you stop calling me plump?"
"Point taken." Sean admitted."Oh! I almost forgot!" He rumaged through
his back pack."Here!"
Mary accepted the ball he handed her, peered at it, then did a double
take.
"Oh, come now...this must be a cruel joke..."
"Nope!" Sean grinned."Dad got that masterball when he was a trainer, and
never used it. I'm not interested in catching Pokemon, I'm happy with
just Squirtle, so I'll never use it, I have no sibblings, therefore it's
yours." He mock scowled at her."Don't you DARE waste it...plump Jumpluff!"
He ran away as fast as he could.
Mary uttered a shriek of rage, and chased after Sean. Eevee followed,
threatening to bite him.

Mary was still fuming when she left Cerulian City. Oh, sure, she had
clobbered Sean. But it had only partially relieved her anger. It was hard
to get rid of negative feelings like rage when...nevermind, she told
herself. No need to think of it now, especially when she had to pay
attention to her surroundings. Without her firm control, Arcanine had
stumbled a bit, and Mary hissed as Eevee slid off her head, and grabbed
her messy ponytail for support.
"Okay, Eevee. YOU ride on HIS head!" Mary said, plunking the little
Pokemon on the bigger one's head.

The rest of the trip was somewhat uneventful. Other than a few battles,
all aced of course, and capturing a few Pokemon, nothing else happened.
But when she got near Pallet...

Pallet Town outskirts: air strip.

Mary dug her heel into Arcanine's side as a signal to stop. It looked
like something had crashed...

She approached the scene warily. There were the smouldering remains of
what must once have been a blimp, and a teenage boy sitting dazed on
the tarmac. Something about him struck her as odd, but she couldn't
quite put her finger on it. Yet.
"What happened?" Mary asked. The teen looked up bewilderedly.
"I'll tell you when my head clears...some time next week, I think..."

Mary forced what happened out of the strange teenager on the tarmac
from the looks of him, she thought he must be a trainer or a scientist,
because he was wearing a jacket that appeared to be a shortened lab
jacket over a green shirt, blue pants, and black hiking boots.
"So, what's your name?" Mary asked.
"My name is dustin." the stranger replied.
"What happened?" Mary asked.
"I don't know...all I know was that I was returning from a a project
of mine in the orange islands by blimp. I took a late flight and was
very tired so I went to sleep in one of the cabins on board, and all I
know is that when I woke up, no one was on board the blimp. Next thing
I know the ship dips down, so I called out one of my Pokemon and had
him blow a hole in the side of the blimp and fly me down to the ground.
Then the next thing I know, the blimp explodes not very far from here
and then...well, thats what happened..." said dustin.
"Well, what were you doing in the orange islands?" Mary asked.
"I was out solving a legend. It appears that a tribe in down there
learned how to become part Pokemon through the use of a magic bean...
Mary's left eyebrow twiched. This was reminding her of one of those
Poke-tales her mother used to read to her...
"I solved it about two years ago, but I had an accident with one of
the beans and I..."
"Yes?"
"...Kind of swallowed one..."
"Oh..."
"I started to glow and the next thing I knew, I woke up and I felt very
strange. I seemed stronger, but I noticed that I looked very
strange..." said Dustin.
"You don't look strange to me..." Mary replied.*Though...you seem...
familiar...*
"I was getting to that." said Dustin."I decided to look more closely
at the ruins that I was at, and learned that they learned to
return to normal by training themselves to do so, and I started to
train...and finally learned how do it last week. If it was not for
my Pokemon, I would've given up long ago, but they encouraged me on.
It took me two days to pack up and 4 days to reach the airport." said
Dustin.
"Can you change back into...it?" inquired Mary, nervously.
"Yes, I can. Want to see?" replied Dustin, densely.
"Well, yes. That's why I asked." said Mary.
And at that dustin starts to glow and change. All Mary could do was
gasp in horror while his form changed into...a huge Dragonite! It
looked like a regular Dragonite, except for its size and...it looked
sort of human, too. Mary surpressed a shudder.
"Now, could you change back, hm?" Mary asked.
"Why?"
"Well obviously, you don't want anyone to see you? What if a trainer
saw you, he'd try to catch you and you don't want that, do you?" *Plus,
you're creeping me out. You just aren't the same...*
"I guess not..." Dustin shrugged, and changed back.

Just as Dustin was finishing his change back into a human, there was a
loud explosion that came from of the other side of the airfield.
Running
over to source of the explosion, Mary found a trainer dressed in a
black
shirt and blue jeans. What gave away as to who he was the dragon
necklace
he was wearing.
"Having fun Pat?" she asked as she helped him up and hugged him.
"Huh? oh the explosion well if you call crashing into a tree and waking
up a sleeping charizard, then yes, i was having fun." replied Pat
returning the hug. "Good to see you again Mary"
"So what are you doing over in Pallet town? I thought you were with
Clair
and showing her how to raise her pokemon?"  she asked as they walked
back
towards the spot where Dustin was still standing.
"I was but, I think I hit a nerve when I said Silvera could beat her
entire team without any items."  
"That was you?" Pat just nodded
"Clair was so ticked that day, you remember Whitney?" at Pat's nod she
continued "Well when she got the call from Clair that some one had just
cleared her gym with just one pokemon, I was in the gym and overheard
what happened. It's not everyday you see one of the best trainers in
johoto go insane. What did you do afterwards if you didn't stick around
you had to go somewhere?"
"After the battle, I left Blackthorn, stopping at the Dragon Shrine to
pay respects, and then from there I headed over to Sea foam."
By this time they had gotten back over to Dustin. "So what league are
you
thinking of doing Mary?" was Pat's question just as they reached
Dustin.
"I'm not sure yet, I thought of doing the orange league, but I think
I'll
do that one at a later time"  Dustin looked up as they approached. "I
hear that there's a new league forming up north. A league for those
that
are ready for a new challenge."  Mary perked up at the sound of a new
league being made. "That sounds like something we should be able to
handle."
"We?" the two boys asked.
Nodding Mary continued "Yes we. The three of us, I know you, always
looking for a challenge aren't you Pat?" at pat's nod "And you, Dustin,
you should come anyway. it's better then sitting around at this
airfield"
Dustin stood there for a few moments before he answered "Well since I'm
still trying to get a better understanding of my pokemon, sure I'll
come,
I do however have one question for the both you."
"Ok and that would be?" both Mary and Pat asked.
"How do the two of you know each other?"
Smiling, both of them pulled out a pair of dragon necklaces, that when
put next to each other formed a heart.
"Does this answer your question?" was their reply.
"Oh, I guess that answers my question."
Suddnely a large explosion ripped through the air.
"What was that?" asked Dustin.
"I don't know, but it sounded like it came from from Pallet Town" replied
Mary.
"Lets go check it out." suggested Pat.
"Sure, why not?" shrugged Mary."I choose you, Arcanine!"
"I choose you Rapidash!" yelled Dustin.
"Pat?" Mary jerked her head back, indicating he should climb on with her.
"Okay, let's go." dustin said, and they raced off torwards Pallet Town.
As they entered the town they noticed a plume of black somke.
"Looks like it's coming from professor Oak's place, so we should
hurry!" said Dustin.
"Looks like your right it does appear to be coming from that
direction." said Mary.

Pallet Town: Professor Oak's lab.

As they arrived at the building front door, they went in the lab that
was almost destroyed
"Oh, who could have done this?" Mary murmered.
"Let's find the professor." suggested Dustin.
"Then let's split up." said Pat."Mary, come with me."
"Good idea." said Mary.
As they started to search the building, Dustin heard a noise that came
from one of the rooms he went inside and saw what looked like a blury
image of a large Pokemon, but almost human he thought.
*Hey, thats not possible! I am the only one with that power!*
The image looked at him and took off, blasting through the wall, leaving
a lot of smoke.
"I choose you Pidgeot!" yelled Dustin."Use your whirlwind attack to blow
away this smoke!"
As dustin's Pokemon cleared the air he could see Professor Oak lying
on the floor. Dustin rushed up to him
"what happened here, professor?" he asked worriedly.
"They came for the evidence of those special beans you sent me a week
ago." Oak coughed."They broke in and demanded it, and when I refused to
give them up they started to destroy the lab, and when they found them
they all swallowed one, and thats what caused the explosion. Then I
heard the most horrible screaming and more blasts as they went through
the wall. They didn't say who they were."
And at that he colLapsed. Pat and Mary came in.
"Okay, what happened in here?" Mary demanded.
"Remember those beans I told you about earler?"
"Yes, of course."
"well I kind of..."
"Kind of what?"
"Sent some to professor Oak to study, and that's what was stolen." said
Dustin
"What beans?" said Pat.
"Mary will tell you later." said Dustin."Right now we should help clean
this place up while he sleeps."

The next day, the tio headed off towards the new shortcut between
Pallet Town and Saffron City (which was just opened the day before so it
was previously unknown).

Saffron City:

As they all arrived in Saffron...
"If only I had known about that trail, I would have been to Pallet
Town sooner..." said Mary as they walked up to the Magnet Train
Station, showed their passes, and got on the train. They sat down.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." Dustin pulled out a pokeball."I chooose you, Pichu!"
Pichu looked up at her trainer, jumped up and sat on his lap.
"Ooh thats so cute." cooed Mary."What's her name?"
"Sparky." replied Dustin. Just then Pat pointed out that he still did
not have any idea what those beans were about.
"I guess one of us will have to tell him about it." said Mary.
"Ok, I'll tell him." said Dustin