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Maverick's Sinnoh Adventure
Arc 1: The Roar of Time & The Spacial Rend

Chapter 1: Tranquil Times

Author: XDiamondX90

"Okay… just press this button here and- ah! There we go! It's been activated," a strangely dressed man with a bob cut hairstyle said, grinning like a fool. He stepped back and admired his work. A single black device lay in the thick green foliage of Lake Valor in Eastern Sinnoh. It's a moderately warm day out. It was close to summer in Sinnoh- East Sinnoh at least. West Sinnoh was still warming up, Mountain Coronet usually would block the sun for a good couple of hours before it touches the other part of the region. The strangely dressed man drew his arm underneath his chin and spoke to a watch, located on his left wrist. After clearing his throat, he quickly got connected to headquarters.

"Sir! Everything has been set into place!" He said, his voice growing loud and professional. The LCD watch lit up as a pink haired man appeared on screen. He seemed like an old guy with wrinkles forming on his face. The man on the screen chuckled sinisterly as he finger-tented his hands over his mouth.

"Hm, good! And today is also your first day on the field too, Grunt. Has it been activated?"

The strangely dressed man looked up at the black device. "Yes, and it appears to be counting down as we speak."

"Good, how much time is there?"

"About…" he trailed off, looking at the bright red numbers on the device. "Fifteen minutes of wait time, sir!"

"Roger, that should give you enough time to get you out of there. Report back to base immediately. Hunter J should be around your area-! " He got cut off as a roar was heard off in the distance. The man onscreen smiled evilly and responded, "Always on time. She'll be there to pick you up. Report to her ship in the sky and head back to base that way. Don't linger and chat in that area too long."

The man, now known as 'Grunt' saluted. "Copy that, Sir! Reporting back momentarily." The screen faded to black as he finished speaking. The Grunt sighed and immediately lost his composure, regaining that much needed slouch in his back.

"Glad I got that over with… Charon has been notified, now all I need to do is wait for J."

"That's 'Hunter J' to you." A woman said, appearing from the trees. The Grunt jumped at the sudden arrival before quickly saluting the hunter. J rolled her eyes behind her glasses and sighed. "Get on Salamence, now!" Knowing she wasn't one for small talk, the Grunt quickly complied and hopped on the quadruped light blue and red Pokémon. The woman walked over, and spoke to the Grunt as she mounted her Pocket Monster. "...I believe everything is ready to be set in motion?"

The Grunt seated himself and quickly shot up a reply. "Yes, Hunter J. It's been set properly and now waits for its job to be done," he spoke in his revived professional tone. He sat stiff as a rock as the woman commanded her Dragon Type to ascend into the air, but not high enough to attract attention. As they rose, J turned her head and glared at the Grunt harshly, sending a wave of paralyzing fear up the man's spine. Her dark, somewhat attractive eyes could be faintly seen through her visor. No matter how dark her visor is, the eyes of the woman never failed to send condescending gazes to her target.

"Were. You. Followed?" she asked sharply, each syllable pounding fear into the Grunt. The poor man tried to look away from the woman and form words but to no avail. Beginning to stumble on his words, the outlandishly dressed man shakily replied.

"I-I ma... made s-sure that, that I w-wasn-wasn't be-being f-f-followed..." It sounded more like a question, but it was an answer nonetheless. The white haired hunter kept her gaze on the man until she sighed in frustration and acceptance at his answer. She had to be fully sure nothing went wrong this time around. In the far distance, a clearing where her ship lay could be seen, being perfectly cloaked for invisibility.

"Hmph..." The silver haired woman narrowed her eyes and held a steely gaze ahead of her, remembering how she barely made it out Lake Valor a year ago…

"Have you ever heard of, 'The Lake Guardians?'" An old man asked, with a small welcoming smile on his face. This old man happened to be the knowledgeable Professor Rowan of Sandgem Town. He called a certain group of Pokémon Trainers over to Canalave Library to hear of these mysterious creatures of Sinnoh called the "Lake Guardians", their names being Mesprit (The being of emotions), Uxie (The being of knowledge) and Azelf (The being of willpower).

"The Lake Guardians? I've heard of them in some older textbooks in school and stuff. Anything to be concerned of?" A boy asked.

"That's a good question. Well-" The Professor got cut off as a loud boom shook the small library. A few books fell off the shelves and people within the building lost their footing. Lights flickered in response to the shivering of the establishment, accompanied by the surprised gasps of the people in the room. Slowly, but surely, the rumbles and shaking stopped.

"Ungh, I- is everyone... okay? Ah my head..."

"Woah, what was that?"

"Are you guys, okay?"

"Is everyone good down there?

"Ow... I'm fine, Professor." The boy said, himself and everyone else getting up slowly from the floor. One question was on their minds…

What happened?

"Hey! Look at this!" Another boy called. He was in front of the television, trying to find out what happened. He found a news channel, with all the other channels being interrupted by the sudden occurrence. Everyone in the library gathered around the screen, hoping to find out what just occurred.

"Yes... Uh huh- wha! Y-yes, I see... oh, no! Really? Let me inform them. Yes, that'll be fine. Hey, are we still on air? Right, Ok. Ahem... Uh, my name is Mary and I'm with Jubilife TV News. This just in- apparently, Lake Valor and surrounding areas has forgone a huge explosion! We have a few camera men at the site. This happened just recently and caused an earthquake throughout the region. Here's some live footage being shown..." Mary said with a shaking voice, still heavily surprised at the former news. From a helicopter, the camera panned to the area of Lake Valor, with the landmass giving off thick black smoke. A few fires were seen throughout the site, with multiple trees were either burned, or scattered off somewhere. What shocked everyone the most was the water being practically evaporated and large piles of seemingly dead Pokémon skewed every which way. The only thing in the lake that stood present was a chamber of some sort in the middle.

"Oh no..." The boy breathed, his eyes wide.

"There's no way this is natural attack from a Pokémon."

"All those Pokémon, dead."

"Woah, are Pastoria and other areas okay?"

"...What? Lake Valor?" A girl questioned frightfully with a clenched fist. "W-we were just there barely a few hours ago...who would do this?"

The boy's eyebrows furrowed in anger. "Not to play 'Pin-the-tail-on-the-Tauros', but I have a suspicion," he voiced cautiously. He pulled out his Luxury Ball from his pocket and looked at it. A million different emotions ran through his body all at once when he looked at the ball. He gripped it tightly in his palm, and looked back at the screen, seeing the wrecked state of their previous location.

"...and it's not a good one."

The story really begins one year ago in a small town in the south-westernmost part of the Sinnoh Region. That town was called Twinleaf Town. It was a quaint, relatively tranquil, town. It had some paved paths with the grass being relatively green during this time of year. Tall, narrow and bushy trees neatly littered the town, surrounding some houses that led into the forests of Route 201.

Overall the town was quiet. Well... except for one house, but they aren't noisy, not by a long shot.

"...And, despite the exploration team's best efforts, however, the oddly colored Pokémon failed to appear. The red Gyarados somehow eluded detection, even fleeting to the crest-fallen team."

"Mary?" A news reporter transferred, his report being finished.

"Thank you, Bill. That's just too bad; the search for the red Gyarados continues after 7 years. Hopefully they find this Pokémon soon! In other news, to all you aspiring Pokémon trainers, it turns out Professor Rowan has returned! We are happy to see that he has come back from his long trip from the Kanto Region. In an interview with our network, he says tomorrow, all starting Pokémon trainers can receive their starters. That's right! A new cycle is beginning anew. Remember, he gives out Pokémon every two years on June 16th, so go get training! Well, that's all the time we have for today on Jubilife TV Network. See you same time, same place, same channel!" The news reporter happily chimed while giving a wave. A girl walked up to the television to shut it off. She's a brunette with mid-upper back length hair. It's relatively well cared for- except for a few short strands sticking out towards the upper part of her head, reminiscent of her brother's wild hair. She also had bangs and had these beautiful brown eyes that seemed to sparkle. She wore a simple plain blue tee with khaki jean capris and white ankle socks. A single black hair tie lay on her right wrist.

Her name is Rika Anderson.

"They still haven't caught that Gyarados yet? It's already been several years. They need to find it before it causes more havoc in Johto. They also did mention something about starter Pokémon though..." The girl reviewed thoughtfully, trotting back to her bed. Her face hit the pillow and she immediately closed her eyes, trying to catch up on some much-needed sleep.

"I spend way too long watching... TV." Rika yawned quietly. But as soon as she was about to doze off...

"Rika! What're you doing up there? You haven't come downstairs yet, honey." Her mother called.

'Oh yeah...' She sighed, then groans loudly at the thought of leaving her comfortable position.

"I'm so tired, Mom... Can't I just sleep a bit?" She yelled back.

"No, not while you're hungry. Come downstairs and eat, I got some sandwiches for you." Her mother responded with a warm voice.

The girl on the bed closed her eyes for a few seconds, counting to 10. "Ok, fine," she reluctantly said.

So much for sleep. She slowly pushed herself up from her bed, stomach growling in the process. "Okay, okay, I'll feed you. But you best better leave me alone for a while." With that in mind, she then got a random burst of energy and quickly shoved herself outside her room. This action, however, caused her to misjudge the distance between the hallway leading to her room and the steps. She "Woa- Nononono! OOF! Oww..." Her mother, Kimberly, while holding a laundry basket laughed wholeheartedly at her daughter as she saw her body sprawled out across the base of the stairs.

"Haha. Rika, honey, you've got to stop falling face first on the floor when you're hungry. You're going to hurt yourself one of these days." Rika looked up at the ceiling and rubbed her nose.

"Ouch... That's not funny mom." Her child painfully got up and looked her mother.

"I know, I know, I'm sorry. What's gotten you all excited for?"

"Nothing, really Mom. I'm kinda hungry... Did you know that, that they're still looking for that, Gyarados?" The younger female stammered a bit, still flustered by her fall from earlier. Her mother looked up in wonder, as if she was calculating something.

"Oh yeah? It's been a while... I believe this marks, seven years?" Kimberly asked. Rika rose her eyebrow in shock of her subconscious accuracy.

"Yeah! How did you know?"

"Well, a couple of years ago, I remember them reporting about it. I've been interested in their research of that shiny Gyarados for a number of years. I guess I've been keeping count in the back of my head?"

"Woah... I never thought you'd be the Gyarados-y type. I've recently watched a report about it." Rika spoke. Her mother always been one to take interest in many odd things. That's something Rika admired about her mom.

"Now, I've gotta do laundry. Your father is in the living room. Why not go talk to him? And, Happy birthday, Rika!" Kimberly said, walking up the stairs. Rika stopped a bit from her journey to the living room.

What? Today was her birthday?

"Huh..." She went into the kitchen to check the calendar. Yes, it was indeed June 15th, her birthday, evident by two circles of green and red and a cake adorning the square. Her eyes widened and a small smile found its way onto her face. She was so wrapped up in the weeks passing by so slowly that she forgot she even had a birthday.

"So, I'm thirteen years old now... I'm old enough to get a Pokémon!"

"And with that, it's a critical moment for both our competitors, as Infernape faces off against Electivire! While Electivire took some damage in its battle against Pikachu, Infernape has suffered damage from multiple battles, on top of being hurt by Toxic Spikes' poison! Who will be the last Pokémon standing!?" A commentator on television excitedly asked, making the crowd cheer even louder for the competitors. A 13-year-old boy and his 42-year-old father, Jonathan, watched as the 31st Sinnoh league conference took place. The boy watched intently as one of the contestants, Ash Ketchum, talked to the other trainer before calling out a move to his Pokémon, Infernape. Paul, the one he's facing against on the other side of the field, narrowed his eyes and smirked challengingly at Ash. The two Pokémon growled at each other before they launched their attacks, being Thunder Punch and Mach Punch, respectively.

"Maverick!" Rika called, rushing into the living room. The boy looked away from the television with a quick glance.

"It's about time you got up, sis. Happy birthday!" He said, eyes returning on the TV. Rika smiled at her brother.

"And Happy birthday to you, Maverick." Maverick waved her off before standing up at Infernape's Dig hitting Electivire in the face. He was wearing a black and gold collarless T-shirt with black basketball shorts.

"A great example of using dig! It's Super Effective!"

"Hm! Did it work…?" Ash asked rhetorically as Infernape landed close to him onscreen. He turned a bright purple as he landed shortly after, still being poisoned.

"Amazing! Electivire is STILL standing!"

"Good. " Paul smirked, commanding his Pokémon to use Brick Break after Infernape's Flamethrower. Maverick's eyes lit up as if he was a kid in the candy store.

"This battle's heated!" He said. His father nodded in complete understanding.

"Yeah. This has been one of the best battles I've seen in the league thus far. And it seems like Ash and Paul has some serious beef between them, too."

The thirteen-year-old's eyes lit up in remembrance of a fact. "Yeah, I remember seeing the Hearthome City tag battles a while back. Ash and Paul were paired up and they did not seem happy. More so Paul then Ash, anyway." He turned his gaze to the television set once more as Ash called out another attack.

"You're watching the league still? I thought it ended already...?" A confused, but moderately interested Rika asked.

"No, it hasn't ended. It's extended two days because of all the preliminary rounds taking up most of the time. It took exactly nine days just to wade one-hundred twenty eight to sixty-four people. And then from there one week to get that to eight. Yesterday they finished the first few real rounds of the league, now we're on the last two." Jonathan explained to his daughter, his eyes looking at her warmly.

"I see... they seem to be really into it!" Rika observed. 'I wonder if my Pokémon could fight like that someday...'

The quiet sound of approaching footsteps was able to be heard over the sounds of the television."Hey Maverick? Can you check the mail for me?" The mom, Kimberly asked with a somewhat tired voice, walking into the living room. She appeared to be finished with her laundry duty, and was now holding her cell phone. Maverick finally began prying his eyes away from the TV.

"Now? But there's a battle on!"

"Please? I need to check something."

"Alright." He reluctantly got up and left the room. After putting on his sandals, he walked out into a hot June day. He marveled at the heat on his skin, nothing blistering hot, but it was something that's normally not Sinnoh weather. It was a nice change, and he enjoyed it. "Now to check this mail, I wonder what Mom was expecting." He walked out a little further out into the open and breathed in.

"Ah, definitely not Sinnoh weather." He said gleefully with his arms outstretched. The sun shone on his body; "It's really hot out today. and Sinnoh is one of the coldest around. Groudon must be havin' a ball..." He then froze mid-step en route to the box ahead of him as he thought about what he said. Then a very cold shiver that rivaled 'Sinnoh Weather' rolled down his body as he processed it. "The people in Hoenn, and the Orre Region- they're probably dead by now..." He shivered, finally reaching his destination. He opened the mail box and peeked inside. Surely enough, there was mail in there. Reaching a hand in, he pulled out a small envelope that, had Kimberly's name on it.

"Oh. For Mom... What's this?"

Turning it over, he saw that it was actually, "For Maverick and Rika."

Issued by... "Professor Rowan."

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To Be Continued.

Hey guys, my name is XDiamondX90. Welcome to a remake of my first ever story, "Maverick's Sinnoh Adventure". I made this story back in August of 2013, since I was just starting out as a writer at the time, the quality of the original story wasn't as good and fleshed out as this story will soon become. Since then, I've grown immensely and here it is a few years later in its remade form. Granted, there was nothing too much going on in the latter half of the chapter, but I promise you, the plot will pick up. It'll have a slow start, but it'll be worth it in the end, trust me.

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