So this is the rewrite as of 2/2/13 ^_^ Enjoy.

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Chapter 1: Prologue

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The darkness was nearing, she could sense it. Huge. Over-powering. She could do nothing but stand in this empty void and watch as a beaten looking brunette was being tortured by this darkness right in front of her. It held her up by her limbs and was making her scream in pain as it sucked the life out of her.

She had no idea who the poor brunette was, but she wanted to help her. It was a waste of time, she couldn't do anything. As much as she tried to move her body, it was frozen in place.

No sound came from her mouth either. As much as she wanted to scream and cry out, her efforts were in vain.

She was stuck, like a statue. Her eyes were wide, and her paralysed state meant that she was unable to even blink.

Then...the brunette ceased her cries.

The girl watched with fearful eyes as the darkness released the still brunette from its grasp. She gracefully fell to the ground.

It then turned it's gaze on her.

"Leaf!"

Leaf shot up in place, her entire body covered in sweat. She was panting as if she'd just been out running, but she was actually in the comfort of her own home.

In her own bed.

It was 11am, and even the smell of breakfast cooking downstairs couldn't calm her down.

A million thoughts were currently racing around her mind, about that odd dream she'd just had.

Her hands were trembling as she forced herself out of bed, and she almost tripped over nothing on her way to the bathroom.

"Leaf!"

Right at the end of her dream, as the darkness was turning to her, someone was calling her name.

She'd never heard that voice before in her life, yet it seemed so oddly familiar. She couldn't place a finger on who it belonged to.

And then there was a girl being tortured while Leaf was forced to witness. She didn't know who that was either...

Leaf rarely had dreams, so never before in her life had she had one that made her wake up in such a state.

She just couldn't shake this bad feeling.

She quickly began to brush her teeth, staring at herself in the mirror while she did it. Her face had turned increasingly pale and she was still shaking.

It was only a dream...but why did it seem so real?

She brushed and styled her chocolate brown locks, trying to process her thoughts.

That voice was stuck in her mind...

Even as she picked out her outfit for the day, an off-the-shoulder tee and jeans, it wouldn't leave her head.

Leaf...

Leaf...

"Leaf!"

The brunette yelped - she had been so busy trying to think, that she hadn't even heard her mother calling her from downstairs.

"Yeah?" she called back, feeling a minor headache coming on.

"Come downstairs when you're ready, we have something we need to talk to you about!"

Leaf blinked. What could they possibly want to tell her? Today was Sunday and that was her lazy day. In fact, she hardly ever spoke to them on the weekends as she always met up with her friends on Saturdays.

The more that she thought about it, the more this day was getting increasingly stranger.

"Uh...coming!" she yelled back.

Cautiously walking down the stairs, she was met with her mother and her step-father in the front room.

"Are...you guys okay?" Leaf asked carefully, trying her hardest to compose herself.

Her mother tried to smile. "Leaf, honey...you might want to sit down for this."

"What do you mean we're leaving?!"

Shock engulfed the face of the usually cheery brunette. She just couldn't believe this was happening.

"I'm sorry," her step-father Jake lowered his head, feeling empathy for his step-daughter. He knew what it was like to have your life suddenly turn upside down, but there was nothing he could do.

"Sorry..? Why are you doing this?! I can't move away, I can't leave my best friends! I have a life here and I love it!"

Leaf felt tears spring to her eyes. She'd lived in Sinnoh for the past ten years, moving here at the age of six with her mother, after she had divorced her father. Then her mother met Jake a few years later, and now he was a huge part of both of their lives.

"Please understand, Leafy...we have to go. Jake's job requires him to be in the Kanto region..."

Leaf scoffed. "So we're going back to freaking Kanto. Oh, this just gets better! It's been so long that I can't even remember anyone from that little town we used to live in..."

Her mother looked up. "Now that's enough Leaf! If it weren't for them, you wouldn't have your beloved Charizard with you right now. I miss that town gravely, our old house too. I'm so sorry for this but I never wanted to leave Kanto in the first place, I had no choice at the time..."

Leaf tried to see this from her mother's perspective, and she seemed to calm down a little. Not too long ago, her mother had sat her down and explained why they had left all that time ago.

"I...I just can't believe this..." she whispered shakily.

"We're moving in three months. I'm sure you'll be fine Leaf, I know what it's like to leave a past life behind and move on, it's hard. You have to look to the future," Jake smiled half heartedly, he hated seeing her so upset because of him.

"I guess I have no choice," Leaf responded bitterly, before walking back upstairs.

She knew these next three months were going to fly by.

"Why have you even brought me here?"

Professor Oak sighed as he looked at his arrogant grandson. "Gary, please sit down."

"Look Gramps, I don't know why you have this weird office thing underneath the school, but I don't care about it. Let me out of here," Gary whined, rolling his eyes. He had a date tonight and this was only delaying things further.

"This place is more special than you'll ever know," the Professor replied. "You don't understand. Now you know it's here, there's something that I must tell you."

For the first time since arriving here, Gary had felt honestly curious about something. "What?" he asked cooly.

"Long story short, down here I run an organisation. I work with my team of scientists and a duo. This twosome are my agents."

The corners of Gary's mouth widened into a grin. "Ha! Good one Gramps but you can't trick me into believing that bullshit."

"Language!" the Professor rolled his eyes, "And I am not lying to you, I want you to join my team of agents."

Gary decided to play along to see if this was actually realistic. "Uh...what? Why?!"

The Professor ruffled his hair, which caused Gary to glare at his grandfather.

"Your manners are appalling, and the way you see women as toys for you to play around with is not how your parents raised you to be! Joining this team will teach you responsibility and maybe you'll learn a few things about yourself along the way."

"So you're forcing me to join your stupid fucking club?!"

"I said stop that!" the Professor replied back. "And no, it's not a club. It's an organisation."

Professor Oak sighed. He hated seeing his grandson like this, he used to be such a good kid...

Until that happened.

Now he was rude and self-centred, not caring about anyone but himself.

He set out to change this before it was too late. Gary was slowly ruining his life before it even got started and he didn't even know it.

"What do I get out of this?" Gary smirked.

The Professor rolled his eyes. There was no point in repeating himself, as Gary wasn't going to listen. "Uh...well, you get time out of class-"

"I'll do it," Gary shrugged immediately. A free pass out of his classes? Yes please.

"Good," he spoke, before making his tone serious. "Now, under no circumstances do you tell anyone about this! You absolutely cannot!"

Gary smirked, a playful look in his eye. "What if I just so happened to let slip?"

The Professor shook his head. Gary had done a lot of things in his time living with his grandfather, but he'd never once betrayed his trust. "If you do then...that's the last straw. I'm kicking you out."

His jaw dropped. "You wouldn't dare old man!"

"Try me, you little punk," the Professor let out a tiny smirk of his own. "You're seventeen, you can cope."

Gary glared at him. If there was one thing that he needed, it was a roof over his head. "...Fine. I won't say anything."

He smiled. "I guess it's time for you to meet your new comrades."

Sitting demurely on the couch, May Maple was tapping furiously on her laptop as she continued her research.

"Hey, Saffykins."

Said girl looked over at the elevator to see somebody walking towards her. Drew was here. She was surprised, he didn't usually appear at this time after school.

She and Drew Hayden were Professor Oak's unlikely duo, and they had been for a year or so now.

You really wouldn't think it was possible. A quiet girl and the most popular, sought-after boy in school, a team?

But they seemed to work together perfectly.

"What are you even doing down here?" May rolled her eyes.

"The Professor called me down," he shrugged. "I guess he didn't have to call you down seeing as though you were already here."

"Great. Anyway, stop calling me Saffykins. My Codename is Sapphire, not that," she sighed, not lifting her gaze from the screen.

Drew smirked, walking over and sitting down next to her. "And what if I don't?" he used his most seductive voice.

She glared at him. "Then I will hurt you."

"Likely," he rolled his eyes. "You have the strength of an ant, May."

Now it was her turn to smirk. "Actually Drew, The average ant can carry about 10 to 50 times its own body weight. For their size, ants are damn strong."

"How do you know this shit?" he asked, laughing.

"I just do," she shrugged.

Well...she wasn't about to tell him about her weird habit of searching facts on the internet at 1am.

"You're such a nerd," he sniggered.

"Shut up Drew," she groaned, throwing a cushion in his direction.

He grinned before dodging it with ease. It continued to fly across the room.

"Ow, what the hell? Dammit Gramps, I've been here for two seconds and these maniacs are throwing stuff at me!"

May froze on the spot, looking towards the elevator.

Gary Oak. What the hell was he doing here?!

Although she was a little relieved that Professor Oak was with him, there was a feeling of pure dread in her stomach.

Drew looked at May anxiously, his eyes meeting hers in confusion.

"Drew, May... Meet the newest agent-in-training."

May felt her jaw drop open. Drew growled with anger. "Him? He's nothing but a dirty player! I don't care what you say Professor, I am not working with him."

"God, you're such a whiner," Gary smirked, riling Drew up even more. "Who would have guessed, the school's Mr Perfect has a secret double life! I can't wait until this gets out!"

The Professor narrowed his eyes. "It's not getting out because you are not going to tell anyone!"

May put her head in her hands in disbelief. Was the Professor going soft in his old age?

"Nice place you've got down here," he nodded, sitting down on the sofa.

But before he did, May had to swipe her sleeping Skitty from the couch before she was squashed flat.

Gary just didn't seem to care, smirking at May as she glared at him.

Drew turned to the Professor and simply asked him why.

Professor Oak merely shrugged, explaining to Drew that this was the right thing for Gary to do.

The brunet needed this, he had no sense of responsibility inside him and Professor Oak knew that someday...he would thank him for it.

But even Professor Oak couldn't predict the path that lay ahead for these kids.