Mira clutched the Poke ball her mother had given to her in delight. She had been told that today was finally the day she could become a proper Pokemon trainer, and she wasn't going to take the revelation lightly.

The young girl had been given her mother's Abra for her first Pokemon, as her mother had taught it Flash to keep her safe in the caves. It also knew teleport, so Mira could get out of a sticky situation if she wanted.

Currently it was hovering beside her in Wayward Cave, using Flash to keep the dark at bay.

Mira was bursting with excitement. A friend from the Pokemon trainer's school had said that one of the strongest Pokemon in the Sinnoh region, Garchomp, could be found in the form of its pre-evolution in Wayward Cave, and Mira had told herself that she'd catch one.

Her train of thought was interrupted by a sudden Pokemon cry ahead of her.

"Ok, Abra!" She told it, "show me what Pokemon is in front of us!"

Abra obeyed her command, gently floating in front of Mira.

There, in front of her, was what she recognised to be a Gible. It had a murky blue fin with a small crack in it, and small protrusions coming out from either side of its head. It's chin was a dark orange, and its mouth took up most of its body. Both pairs of limbs were very stumpy, and if Mira looked a little closely she could see small teeth in its mouth.

This right here was Garchomp's pre-evolution.

"All right!" Mira squealed in excitement, "Abra-"

Before she even had a chance to check its current moveset, the Gible began to shiver, as though it was panicked.

Of course, Mira, being a young and naive girl, simply thought it was a little cold.

She took out a Luxury Ball from her backpack. "Hey, do you want to get in this? It's the nicest Poke ball Mira owns. You'll be warm in there."

The Gible didn't pay attention, and ran away.

The young girl crossed her arms. "Well that's just rude-"

A sudden rumble startled her.

She looked around with the help of Abra's Flash. Nothing nearby her appeared to be causing any kind of commotion.

Another rumble.

She looked up at the ceiling.

From what she could see, it had large rocks hanging down from the roof (Mira couldn't remember if they were stalactites or stalagmites), and they were shaking slightly, as though they were about to fall at any minute.

Mira knew she should have ran.

But she was almost frozen in fear of them crashing down onto her and ending her Pokemon trainer adventure before it had even begun.

Suddenly, a crash behind her caused her to scream out in shock.

As she turned to look behind her, she saw a huge stalactite/stalagmite blocking her path back to the exit.

The next crash came from in front of her.

She turned back and saw another one blocking her path forwards.

Trembling with fear, she knew that there were multiple of them hanging from the ceiling that were probably going to cave in at any moment.

Mira knew there was no escape now.

She curled up on the floor in a ball in the hope that it would give her more of a chance of getting out of this without injury.

A sudden rumbling noise, coming from above.

Mira closed her eyes and turned away so as to avoid having to look at it.

Any minute now, it should hit her.

Any minute now.

The impact was being delayed by something.

Mira didn't want to look.

Then she remembered her Abra.

"Abra! Abra! Come to Mira!"

Before she could even try to open her eyes and see where Abra was, it had already teleported to her side.

There, it held her arm, and both of them vanished from the cave.

Cheryl hadn't known what to expect when she travelled to Eterna Forest that day.

She had simply gone there to train up her Happiny, and buy a few more potions while she was at it.

She hadn't expected to find a young girl with pink hair and a yellow backpack, passed out in the path, an Abra floating beside her.

Not knowing what else to do, Cheryl had taken the young girl back to her home in Twinleaf town. She had used her knowledge of health and healing to work out why the girl had most likely passed out (the adrenaline that she had located in her bloodstream, plus the lack of any other obvious wounds suggested shock), and tucked her into Cheryl's bed.

Now all Cheryl had to do was wait for the girl to wake up.

She spent ten minutes simply sat by the girl's side, but she quickly grew bored, and selected a book from her bookshelf and returned to the girl.

There she sat for about an hour, before a small moan surprised her.

The girl who she had been looking after was staring at the ceiling, consciousness regained.

Cheryl decided to ask the most obvious question first. "Are you ok?"

"M-Mira's fine..." the girl mumbled, "what happened?"

"To be honest," Cheryl replied in a soft voice, "I'm not sure either. One minute I was walking in Eterna Forest, next I was confronted with a fainted girl and her Abra. I knew you had passed out from the shock of something, but I wasn't sure what caused it."

The girl, who Cheryl assumed was named Mira, gained enough strength to sit up, albeit slowly and shakily. "Mira was in the Wayward Cave, before some stala...stala-"

"Stalactites?" Cheryl asked, "so to speak, pointed rocks hanging from the ceiling."

"Those," Mira continued, "they began to fall from the ceiling because they were old or... something. Anyway, Mira was close to getting hurt, but then Abra helped Mira get away!"

Cheryl nodded. "That explains a lot. Why you were in Eterna Forest, and why you had passed out from what I assumed to be shock."

Cheryl stood up. "Anyway, you're safe now you're in my house. The name's Cheryl, by the way. And I'm assuming you're Mira?"

Mira's mouth opened wide in surprise. "How did you work out-"

"You always refer to yourself in the third person. So to speak, you don't use the words 'I" and 'me" and use your name instead."

Mira paused, then slowly nodded. "Ah, that makes sense. Mira only does it out of habit, so Mira often forgets!"

Cheryl smiled. Mira was adorable.

Placing the book back onto the shelf, she turned to Mira. "So, are you going to leave now that you're feeling a little stronger?"

Mira shrugged. "Mira would, but Mira doesn't know this area well. Mira would love it if someone could show her the way to the nearest town!"

"Well, I guess I could..."

"Yay!" Mira cried out, punching the air with joy, "Mira has a new friend!"

Cheryl laughed.

Mira hopped out of the bed, before spotting her backpack on the nearby desk and wandering over to pick it up.

Suddenly, Mira realised something.

"Wait, where's Abra?"

"Don't worry about your Abra," Cheryl told her, "I called it back into its Poke ball. It's safe, don't worry."

Mira sighed with faint relief. "Phew. Anyway, come on Cheryl! Mira is ready to travel with her new friend!"

Cheryl followed the enthusiastic young girl down the stairs.

After an intense incident within Wayward Cave, young Mira found herself saved by a kind girl named Cheryl. After talking for a short amount of time, Cheryl agreed to take Mira to the nearest town since Mira doesn't know her current surroundings. What fate will meet the two girls? The journey continues!

Hello, readers! This is the first part of a new fanfiction I'm writing based on a single concept - what if Pokemon Platinum's protagonist was replaced with the five stat trainers? From there, many ideas spawned, and what is here is the culmination of said ideas! I'm hoping to upload parts every Tuesday, so you can look forward to that - also, later parts will be longer than this one, just saying. I hope you enjoy!