Greetings everyone RebelKira here to bring you all something other than RWBY! The idea for this story came from listening to a Pokemon DD campaign podcast from The Roaring Trainers. This story is gonna be sort of an AU as it's going to combine elements from the games and the anime. Without further ado let's get into it!

"Blair. Are you ready yet? You don't wanna be late, do you?" My sister called out.

"I-I'm almost ready." I said putting my backpack on.

"Mis" Misdreavus said as she bit my hair.

"Ouch! Rei stop I have to finish getting ready." I said putting my hood up. Rei started laughing.

I was wearing a black and gold umbreon style zip up hoodie. I had a navy-blue skirt on with black shoes. Hiding under my hood was medium length black hair. I'm thirteen years old with lavender colored eyes and standing at an miserable four foot three.

"Come on Blair I know you're nervous about starting your journey, but we gotta get going if you wanna get your starting Pokemon." My sister said entering my room.

"Why does it matter? I already have Rei." I said.

"Because if you get there before they're all gone, you might be able to make a new friend. We both know you could use more." She said.

"You say that like I don't have any." I said.

"Human friends Blair. You need human friends. Pokemon make great friends, but you need to be able to make friends with other people too." She said.

"If you say so." I said. I grabbed the poke ball on my dresser. "I know you don't like it Rei, but I need you to go back in the poke ball for now."

"Drea…" Rei said disaponted.

"Once we get to New Bark Town I'll let you back out." I said.

A red light came out of the poke ball enveloping Rei until she was inside.

We walked outside and my sister pulled out a poke ball.

"Come on out Pidgeot!" She yelled throwing the ball in the air.

The ball opened and the large bird flew around before landing next to my sister.

"Whitney do we have to go on Pidgeot? You know I hate flying." I asked.

"He'll get us there faster than any of my other Pokemon. Oh, before I forget do you have your pokegear?" She asked.

"Yeah…" I said dreading what was about to come.

"Good, we'll have to stop by the gym first so I can let them know I'll be out for a bit. While I'm there you should stop by the Radio Tower and get the radio card for your pokegear." She said.

"If you say so." I said.

"Alright." Whitney walked up to Pidgeot and put her hand on its head. She pulled out a necklace from under her shirt and held the gem in her hand. "Let our hearts become one. Pidgeot mega evolve!" She yelled.

A while light began to envelope Pidgeot as its body began changing shape. When the light faded Pidgeot extended its wings "Pidgeot!"

"Alright, hop on Blair." She said.

"I still think this is a bad idea." I said climbing on Pidgeot's back.

Whitney jumped on after I was on. "Alright Pidgeot, head for the Radio Tower."

"Pi" Pidgeot nodded and started flapping its wings.

I closed my eyes as Pidgeot started lifting off the ground. About a minute later we were in front of the Radio Tower. I jumped off and stood next to Pidgeot.

"I'll be back in a couple minutes." Whitney said before flying off again.

I walked in and was greeted immediately.

"Welcome to the Goldenrod Radio Tower." The lady behind the counter said.

"I-I'm here to get a radio card for my pokegear…" I said. quietly.

"No problem. At the other end of the desk Mandy can help you out with that." She said.

"T-thanks…" I said before walking over to the other girl. "I-I a the radio card… please…"

"Sure thing! We even have a special promotion going on where you can win one for free. All you have to do is answer five questions correctly." She said.

"Okay…" I said.

"First question: Is there a Pokemon that only appears at night?" She asked.

"Y-yes." I said.

"Perfect! Next: Is the following statement correct? You can buy a Fast ball at the department store." She said.

"I don't think so." I said.

"Correct! Next: Does Gloom evolve into Bellossom with the sun stone or the shiny stone?" She asked.

"S-sun stone?" I said nervously.

"Correct! Next: Does Calcium increase a pokemon's defense, speed or special attack?" She asked.

"I know it's not defense. Special attack?" I guessed.

"Correct! Final question: The three pokemon a trainer can start their journey with in the Johto region are Totodile, Cyndaquil, and…" She asked.

"Chikorita." I said.

"Excellent! Here is your radio expansion card for your pokegear." She said handing me the device.

"T-thank you." I said before making my way outside.

On my way outside I accidentally ran into a guy wearing a black hat and a black shirt with a red R on it.

"Watch where you're going runt." He said.

"I-I'm sorry." I said before running around him.

I looked back to see to see if he was following me. Thankfully he wasn't, but beside the building I saw a dark blue and white pokemon I'd never seen before. It had a crescent shaped horn on the side of its head, but I couldn't make out any other details.

"Blair! Did you get your card?" Whitney asked as her and Pidgeot landed.

"Whitney what kind of pokemon is that?" I said pointing back to the radio tower. When we both looked back there wasn't any pokemon there.

"You know I can't identify something I can't see right?" She said.

"But… There was…" I said.

"Come on. You can tell me what it looked like on the way." She said.

"Alright." I said. getting on Pidgeot.

As Pidgeot started flying I tried explaining what the pokemon looked like to Whitney. She wasn't sure and guessed that it could have been someone's Houndour or Houndoom. I didn't have any reason to argue since I hadn't gotten a good look at the pokemon myself.

We arrived in New Bark Town right in front of Professor Elm's Lab.

"Well this is where we part ways. I know you'll become a great pokemon trainer. I'm looking forward to when you come home and challenge me for your badge. Don't expect me to go easy on you just because you're my baby sister though." Whitney said.

"I still don't think this was a good idea…" I said.

"Blair. You've gotta stop putting yourself down. I know you're scared, but you're going to be a lot better at this than you're giving yourself credit. I wouldn't have pushed you to do this if I thought otherwise." She said. She walked up and gave me a hug. "If you ever need anything just give me a call."

She hopped back on Pidgeot and flew off back to Goldenrod City.

"Okay, I can do this. I can do this." I said. I walked up to the door of the Lab and walked in. "H-hello! Professor Elm!"

A loud crash was heard from the back of the lab.

"Not again. C-come in I'll be right out!" A voice yelled out.

I walked in and pulled out Rie's pokeball. I tossed it up and let her out.

"Dreavus!" Rei said nuzzling against my cheek.

"Sorry I took so long to let you out. We're finally at professor Elm's lab." I said.

"Drea." Rei said.

"Sorry about that. I accidentally knocked over a rack of poke balls. Anyway what can I help you with?" Professor Elm said.

"I-I'm here to get my trainer license." I said looking down.

"Oh, yeah. Come with me and I'll get you registered. I'm sorry to say I only have one pokemon left." He said.

"I-it's alright. It's better than not getting one at all." I said.

Before we could head to the back another girl came bursting thought the door. She had long teal-blue hair tied in low bunches behind her ears and spiked bangs at the front. She wore a yellow seamed-cap, a white jacket with red stripes on the cuffs over a crimson red turtleneck sweater, a black necklace, yellow and black bike Lycra skinny fit shorts, with white ankle-style socks, and red white hi-top shoes with black stripes, and a beige shoulder bag.

"Please… tell me… there… is still… a pokemon… left." She said.

"There is, but I'm afraid this girl was here first." Elm said.

"Awww." The girl said shrinking to her knees.

"A-actually I already have a pokemon with me. So, she can have the remaining one. If that's okay." I said.

"It's perfectly alright with me. Both of you come with me and we'll get you…" Elm started to say.

"Dreavus!" Rei said floating in front of Professor Elm.

"Gah!" Elm yelled as he fell backwards.

Rei started laughing.

"I-I'm so sorry about that." I said.

"I'm guessing this is your Misdreavus?" Elm asked.

"Yes…" I said. My face was completely red.

"It's alright, Misdreavus are tricksters, but they usually mean no harm." Elm said standing back up. "As I was saying, if the two of you would follow me, we'll get you registered."

The other girl and I followed Elm to the back of his lab. He sat at a computer and started typing at it. He had out pictures taken and got our names and shortly after he presented us with our trainer cards.

"I'm an official trainer now. This is so awesome!" The other girl yelled.

"Well you're not quite there yet. A trainer is nothing without their pokemon. That being said, I present you with the remaining pokemon." He said.

The girl took the pokeball and immediately tossed it in the air. A small green pokemon came out.

"Chiko!" It said happily.

"This is perfect! I was hoping to get Chikorita anyway." She said picking up the pokemon.

"Do you wanna give her a nickname?" Elm asked.

"How about… Sakura?" The girl asked.

"Chiko!" The pokemon exclaimed.

"Then Sakura it is." The girl said.

"Alright then, Here are your pokedex's and here's some poke balls for you to start with." Elm said handing them to the both of us.

"Thanks Professor." The girl said.

"Thank you." I said.

After that the two of us headed out the door. I started heading towards the path heading west out of town.

"Hey, wait up!" The girl yelled to me.

"Did I do something wrong?" I asked.

"Not at all. I wanted to thank you for letting me take Sakura. She should have gone to you since I was late." She said.

"I-it's no problem. Like I said I already had Rei so…" I said.

"If you don't mind, we could probably travel together. It's no fun going alone." She said.

"I… um…" I stared saying.

"It's alright if you don't wanna, I wasn't gonna make you. I just thought it would be fun." She said.

"I-it's not that I don't wanna… I'm just… really nervous around new people…" I said.

"You seemed fine in the Professor's lab." She said.

"I also didn't look up a lot… between my height and my hood… I tried to hide it as best I could... I was worried if I didn't, I wouldn't get licensed at all." I said.

"Drea?" Rei said looking at me sad.

"W-what do you think Rei?" I asked.

"Dreavus!" She said happily.

"Okay… I can't guarantee I'll be the most fun traveling partner though." I said.

"That's alright with me. As long as you don't find me too annoying." She said.

"You seem alright so far…" I said.

"Awesome! I don't know if you caught it in there but my name's Kris." She said holding her hand out.

"I'm Blair." I said.

The two of us began started on the route to Cherrygrove City. The walk was mostly quiet with a few Sentret, Pidgey and Rattata scurrying around.

"So I suppose…" Kris started to say before her pokegear started ringing. "Hello?"

"Kris? This is Professor Elm. I just got an email from my friend Mr. Pokemon and was wondering if you'd be willing to do me a favor." He said.

"Sure professor, What's up?" She said.

"I need you to stop by his place and pick something up for me. He didn't say what it was only that it was important for my research." He said.

"You okay with a little detour?" Kris asked.

"S-sure." I said.

"Blair and I are on it professor." She said.

"Thank you both so much. He lives just north of Cherrygrove City. I'll email him back and let him know you'll be stopping by. Let me know if you have any difficulties" He said.

"No problem professor." Kris said before hanging up. "You sure you're okay with this?"

"Y-yeah." I said.

"Alright. Well I was about to say since we're gonna be traveling together we should probably learn a little about each other. I mean if you're willing to tell me about yourself." She said.

"Depends what you wanna know." I said.

"How about… Where are you from?" She asked.

"Goldenrod." I said.

"Wow, a shy girl like you from that big city. I don't mean to sound rude, but it seems like that would be a nightmare." She said.

"It can be… So many new people come though every day. The ones I do know are really nice though. There's this amazing flower shop in the northern part of town I used to visit all the time." I said.

"Used too?" She asked.

"Well… my sister got busier a few years back… so she wasn't able to take me as much." I said.

"I'm guessing because of all the new people you got scared and weren't able to go on your own?" She asked.

"Yeah…" I said.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have pried like that." She said.

"It's alright…I could have said no…" I said.

"Okay, Well I pretty much lived at home with my mom back in New Bark. Dad left us a while back to go on a journey and we haven't really seen him since." She said.

"I'm sorry…" I said.

"It's alright. I kinda wish I knew where he went, but I guess it doesn't matter." She said.

"So if you live in New Bark Town why were you so late." I asked.

"Funny story, I kinda overslept. That's why I was out of breath when I burst in. I was rushing over as fast as I could." She said.

"Oh." I said.

"Hey, I think I can see Cherrygrove! How about a quick battle before we get there? We can hit the Pokemon Center as soon as we get to town." She said.

"S-sure." I said.

"Great! Once we get a little closer, we'll have our battle." She said.

"Alright…" I said nervous.

"Have you ever battled with Rei before?" She asked.

"Never…" I said.

"Hey, don't worry about it. This will be a first for both of us." She said.

As we continued to walk, I tried thinking about how this was gonna go. I was mostly worrying about Rei. I wasn't sure how she was going to be in battle.

"Drea?" Rei said worriedly.

"Its okay Rei. You ready for your first battle?" I asked.

"Dreavus." Rei said confidently.

"Well Rei looks pumped. We're just outside town. How about that battle?" Kris asked.

"S-sure." I said.

"Ready Sakura?" Kris asked.

"Chiko!" Sakura said happily.

"Alright let's get this started!" Kris said.

The two pokemon squared up waiting for us to begin.

"Alright Sakura! Let's start off strong with a Razor Leaf!" Kris said.

Sakura tilted its head back and launched two leaves towards Rei.

"Um. D-dodge and use Psywave." I said.

Rei spun in the air avoiding both leaves and fired a multicolored beam from its eyes at Sakura. The attack hit and looked like it did decent damage to Sakura.

"Are you okay Sakura?" Kris yelled.

"Chi!" Sakura said.

"Great! Try Razor Leaf again!" Kris said.

Sakura tilted her head back again and fired another two leaves towards Rei.

"D-dodge!" I yelled.

Rei dodged the first leaf but was struck with the second. Sending her towards the ground.

"Alright Sakura follow up with Tackle!" Kris said.

"Chiko!" Sakura yelled as it ran towards Rei.

"R-Rei… use Spite." I said.

Sakura was enveloped with a black aura but continued its attack. It leapt in the air but passed though Rei.

"I forgot normal type attacks don't work on ghost types. Quick use Razor Leaf." Kris said.

"R-Rei u-use Confuse Ray." I said.

Sakura launched two leaves at Rei. At the same time Rei fired a light purple beam from her eyes towards Sakura. The first leaf blocked Rei's attack while the second made a direct impact.

"Rei!" I yelled.

Rei was starting to struggle to stay afloat.

"That's enough Sakura." Kris said.

I ran over and held Rei. "I'm so sorry Rei."

Kris came over shortly after. "Don't look so down. You did pretty good for your first time."

"I was panicking the whole time…" I said.

"We both made mistakes. It was our first battle neither of us were gonna be perfect. We can only improve from here." Kris said putting her hand on my shoulder.

"I suppose…" I said.

"Drea." Rei said smiling.

"Rei doesn't seem upset. We just need to keep working hard and we'll be masters in no time." She said.

"Misdreavus." Rei said smiling.

"Come on let's head to the Pokemon Center." She said.

The two of us walked to the Pokemon Center. I held Rei in my arms the whole time. When we arrived, I handed Rei to Nurse Joy as well as her poke ball. Kris did the same with Sakura. We went over to the couches to wait until they were healed.

"You're worried about her, aren't you?" Kris asked.

"Of course. She's been my friend for five years. Now I feel like I let her down." I said.

"I'm sure she doesn't feel like that. Once she comes out, she'll be floating around you happy as ever." She said.

"You're probably right… but what if we never win a match. Will she still be my friend after that?" I said.

"You're not giving yourself enough credit. Blair you lost one fight. You'll have plenty more in the future and you'll win. Neither of us are gonna win every fight. We just need to pick ourselves up and keep fighting." She said.

"My sister said something similar when she dropped me off. She said she wouldn't have pushed me to do this if she thought I couldn't do it. I'm just… I'm afraid… I'm afraid I'm gonna fail. I'm afraid I'm gonna let my sister down. I'm afraid if I lose that Rei won't me my friend anymore. I'm afraid if I make any new friends that they are gonna leave me. Pokemon or human. My pokemon won't think I'm strong enough. The human friends won't wanna be around a crybaby, so they'll leave me…" I said.

Kris knelt down in front of me, grabbed my hood and pulled it down. "I'm scared too. I was scared my mom would be upset that I wanted to leave on a journey like my dad did. I'm scared I'll fail too. I'll make you a deal. If you don't let me give up. I won't let you give up. Together we'll become the best trainers in all of Johto."

I felt a tear run down my face. I wrapped my arms around her.

"Drea?" Rei said worried.

"I'm alright Rei." I said wiping the tears from my eyes and letting go of Kris. "Sorry about that…"

"It's alright. That's what friends are for right?" She said smiling.

"Drea!" Rei said smiling.

"Right." I said. I hugged Rei. "I'm sorry about earlier. You still wanna continue this journey with me?"

Rei wiggled out of my grip and started spinning around. "Dreavus!"

"See I told you." Kris said.

"Yeah." I said.

"I'll go get Sakura then we'll get going." She said.

I put my hood back up and walked over to get Rei's poke ball. Kris and I exited the Pokemon Center and looked to the sky.

"It's getting kinda late. We should be able to get to Mr. Pokemon's house and back to the Center before it gets too late." Kris said.

"Alright." I said.

"Do you need to stock up on anything before we leave town?" She asked.

"No, my sis took me shopping yesterday. I should be good for a few days." I said.

"Cool, I've got enough for a couple days too." She said.

We started on the path north of Cherrygrove City. After a bit of walking I started paying attention to the pokemon in the area.

"S-so I m-may have forgot to m-mention. I'm terrified of b-b-bug pokemon." I said.

"They aren't so bad. I mean you don't wanna end up on the wrong side of a Beedrill, but a lot of them are harmless." Pineco, Metapod, and Kakuna hardly even move. Ledyba shouldn't be out this late. Weedle and Caterpie may look creepy, but they are usually kind and more likely to stay away from humans." She said.

"I hope you're right." I said.

A little later we came upon a lone house.

"Do you think that's Mr. Pokemon's house?" I asked.

"No clue. I hate to bother someone this late at night, but we'll have to knock and ask." She said.

We walked up to the house and knocked on the door. A man wearing a white shirt and blue jeans answered the door.

"Can I help you children?" He asked.

"We're sorry to bother you mister, but are you Mr. Pokemon?" Kris asked.

The man smiled and chuckled a bit. "No, I'm afraid he lives a bit further north. I'm guessing the two of you are new pokemon trainers?" He asked.

"Yeah, Professor Elm sent us to his place to pick something up for him." She said.

"You wouldn't believe how many people I get asking if this is his place. Elm's always sending people to that man's house." He said.

"Again, we're sorry to bother you." Kris said.

"It's no problem. Before you go actually, take some of these with you." The man said. He handed us both a couple of what looked like a type of berry. "Those are Apricorns. If you collect some and take them to Kurt over in Azalea Town, He can turn them into custom poke balls. Different colored Apricorns can make different poke balls. I can't remember what each color made though."

"Thank you, sir." Kris said.

"No problem. Take care." He said before shutting the door.

"That was oddly nice." I said as we continued on the path.

"Some people are just really friendly." Kris said.

"Apparently." I said.

We continued on until we saw a battle between a couple trainers. Both of them battling with Rattatas. We stopped for a minute to watch, but we continued shortly afterward. After a few more minutes of walking we made our way to another house.

"Second time's the charm?" Kris asked.

"I hope so, I'm starting to get tired." I said.

We walked up to the house and knocked on the door. The door opened and a man with a brown hat and suit opened the door.

"Ahh you must be the two Professor Elm emailed me about. Come in, come in." He said holding the door open.

We walked in and he closed the door. He walked back over to a desk in the back of the room.

"I was starting to wonder if you two were going to make it out here today." He said.

"So what exactly did the Professor send us to pick up?" Kris asked.

"Well you see, I had just made a stopover in Goldenrod City and on my way back I passed by the route to Ecruteak City. I met up with an old friend of mine and they gave me this." He said showing us a rather large egg with red and blue markings on it in a container.

"A pokemon egg?" I asked.

"Yes, We're not sure, but this egg may belong to a pokemon that doesn't live in the Johto Region. I want you to deliver it to Professor Elm so he can determine if that is true or not. Sorry to make you two run errands for us." He said.

"It's alright. We're happy to help right Blair?" Kris asked.

"S-sure." I said.

"I suppose the two of you should be heading off now. You should be able to make it back to the Pokemon Center in Cherrygrove City before it gets too dark." He said handing us the egg.

"See ya later Mr. Pokemon." Kris said.

The two of us started heading back to Cherrygrove City.

"You know I was hoping it would something related to a legendary pokemon, but this is cool too. I've never actually seen a pokemon egg up close." Kris said.

"Yeah, I wonder what kind of pokemon is inside it." I said.

"Who knows. Maybe we can stop back in New Bark after it hatches and find out." She said.

We continued walking until something dropped from one of the trees in front of me. I panicked and fell backward.

"K-K-Kris!" I cried.

"I didn't know Spinarak lived out here. Sakura let's battle it." She said.

"Chiko!" Sakura said taking a battle stance.

I crawled behind Kris and held Rei in my arms.

"Use Razor Leaf to knock it to the ground then go in for a Tackle." Kris said.

Sakura sent two leaves flying towards the spider pokemon. The first one was stopped by a String Shot the other hit its mark cutting the string holding Spinarak off the ground. Sakura ran towards it and hit the Spinarak as it hit the ground sending it tumbling back.

"Alright, poke ball go!" Kris said sending the ball towards the Spinarak.

The ball hit the pokemon and it soon disappeared inside. The ball shook three times before clicking.

"Yes! I caught my first pokemon!" Kris said. running over to pick up the poke ball.

"I can't believe you actually caught that thing." I said.

"Spinarak are a good pokemon. Besides it's just one bug." She said.

"Never ever say that! Don't you know when you say something like that something bad always…" I started to say when I was interrupted by an Ariados that dropped down next to us. "Happens."

"Okay you were right. Run!" Kris said grabbing my arm.

"Slow down! I'm short and don't have the proper shoes for this!" I yelled.

The Ariados continued chasing us as we ran back to town.

"Rei use Flash!" I yelled.

Rei stopped and let off a bright light stopping the Ariados. We continued running until we made it back to the Pokemon Center.

"That… Wasn't… Fun…" I said.

"No… Not at all…" Kris said.

"What happened to you two?" Nurse Joy asked.

"We were chased by an Ariados. I think we lost it a while back, but we were too scared to look back." Kris said.

"Well you two seem to be fine now." Nurse Joy said.

"Yeah, and exhausted. I don't suppose there are any rooms available?" Kris asked.

"Well, we do have one room left." Nurse Joy said.

"Are you okay with sharing a room for the night?" Kris asked.

"It's better than going back out there." I said.

"We'll take it." Kris said.

Nurse joy showed us to the room. Once inside we locked the door, put our bags on the floor and laid on the bed.

"I never thought I'd miss a bed this much." Kris said.

"No kidding." I said.

"So, there's only one bed in this room, and it doesn't look like there is a couch or anything." Kris said.

"I-I mean. If you're okay with sharing the bed I'm okay with it. I'm kinda too tired to care." I said.

"Works for me." Kris said.

I got up and took my hoodie off. Revealing a purple shirt underneath.

"Koffing and the Toxics?" Kris asked.

"Y-yeah. They're a group out of Unova. The leader is a gym leader and is able to be in a band also." I said.

"Cool. I hope I can become a gym leader someday. I think that would be so awesome. Getting to battle strong trainers all the time." Kris said.

"I don't think it would be as glamorous as you think…" I said crawling into the bed.

"Why do you say that?" Kris asked.

"You'd always be at the gym. It doesn't leave much time for your family or friends. It's like a job… or a chore…" I said.

"But if it's something you enjoy isn't that still a good thing?" She asked crawling next to me.

"I guess…" I said turning away from Kris.

"Did I say something wrong Blair?" She asked concerned.

"No, I'm just really tired. Rei absolutely no scaring the other people here. I know you think its funny, but I don't wanna get us kicked out of here." I said.

"Dreeea." Rei said.

"No." I said.

"Dreavus drea." Rei said. She grabbed my bag and moved it closer to the bed. She laid down on it and tried to fall asleep.

"She may not be happy about it, but she's got the right idea." Kris said with a small laugh. Sakura laid down on the floor next to Kris' side of the bed. "Good night."

"Good night." I said. 'Maybe I should tell her in the morning.'

There we go first chapter is done! This will probably end up being the lowest story on my priority list, but I will try to make sure I upload a new chapter when I can. Let me know what you guys think and if you're new check out my other stories if you're a fan of RWBY. Until next time.

Disclaimer: The name of this story is a work in progress. Depending where I decide to take this story it may change to an M rating.