A/N: So, here it is! My latest fic, and Contest Shippy!! Yay!! This has nothing to do with Red Eyed Evil, I need to get this one out of my head before I can think clearly about the sequel...sorry...but I promise this story will be good too, and the sequel WILL come for REE. Here's chapter 1...HAPPY READING!!

Chapter One: Stolen and Forgotten

It was midnight. All was quiet and dark in Sunyshore City. The streetlamps lit up the now-deserted road. The only way anyone could have known about the boy and his pokemon was if they had looked up to the roof of the pokemart.

He was waiting, his eyes squinted as the door to the building across the street revealed the light inside. As the man walking out turned it off and shut the door, the boy's pokemon readied itself for its pounce. The man turned to lock the door and the boy's pokemon pounced. It landed square on the man's back. The man cried out in surprise as the boy leaped to the ground. The pokemon jumped away and before the man knew he was there, the boy had struck his head. The man collapsed, unconscious.

The boy smirked. He opened the unlocked door and the light flowed through and reflected off of his emerald eyes. The pokemon walked into the light and looked up at its partner.

"Good," the boy said "we're in."

"So, this is Sinnoh? It's amazing!" May cried.

"Yeah, isn't it?" Her brother, Max, was right next to her. May and Max had never been to Sinnoh, but their friends Ash and Brock had. It was here that the two had met Dawn, and a few years later they decided to bring along their other friends for a bit of a reunion. Their friend Misty was also along, but Tracy hadn't been able to leave Professor Oak's side.

"That mountain must be tall enough to touch the sky!" Max exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Don't be ridiculous, Max. Nothing can touch the sky, it's not solid." May corrected him.

"I know that, May!" Max pouted "It was an expression!"

"Well, I've never heard it!"

"I made it up!"

"You can't make up expressions, Max."

"Yes you can, May."

"No you can't, Max."

"Yes you can, May."

"No you can't, Max!" It was at this point in the siblings' quarrel that Ash ran over to them.

"Look!" He exclaimed "The ship's tied to the dock, we can leave now."

"Yay! Land!" May cried as she rushed toward the stairs. Max shook his head as he and Ash followed his sister. They caught up to her where she had stopped with Brock and Misty on the dock, apparently waiting for them. But their was another reason they had stopped. In front of the five friends (as well as Ash's pikachu who had been with Misty) was a huge crowd.

"See those flashing lights? Something bad has happened." Brock whispered to Ash and Max.

"Bad? Like...what?" Max asked.

"We don't know yet. Something bad enough to do with the police." Misty said.

"Did someone die?" Ash asked.

"Ash, I just said we don't know." Misty said in a very irritated voice.

"Oh, sorry." Ash said.

"Let's move on to the pokemon center, I'm sure Nurse Joy will know what's going on." May suggested.

"Sounds good to me...Brock?" Misty added.

"Yeah, let's go." Brock said. The five walked away from the crowd and down the street, passing the close by pokemart.

A girl waited calmly for him. Her eyes were bright blue and her hair was wavy and blond. She wore an orange shirt with a big letter "A" on it and jeans. She stared at her feet which wore green flip-flops. From afar, she seemed like an average teenage girl. And maybe she was, but you could never be too sure.

When she finally caught sight of him, she jumped off the stone bench she had been sitting on and smiled.

"Hey, Rat! You're S-L-O-W!" She teased.

"No, Thorn, you're simply I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-T!" He called back. Thorn smirked.

"I'm not impatient, you can never be impatient if you live at the Academy, Rat." she stated.

"Fine, you win that one." Rat was now walking next to his friend. His Riolu trailed behind them. Thorn and Rat had been the best of friends since Rat had come to the Academy. They both shared a common misfortune, each had mysteriously lost their memories of their past before they had woken up in the Academy's hospital wing. Each could only remember the last word they'd heard before they had woken. And each had chosen that word as their name.

"So, what did he say?" Thorn asked, Rat simply smirked. "Oh, come on, Rat, what did he say?"

"I can't tell you." Rat said.

"Why not?"

"It's top secret." Rat laughed.

"Come ON!" Thorn pouted.

"No, seriously," Rat said "I can't tell you, honestly."

"...What's the cover-up then?" Thorn asked. Rat was silent. "Rat, I'm not stupid. There's ALWAYS a cover-up!"

"Fine. I'm going on a trip to other towns to see which would be most likely to help in the next project."

"The lakes!" Thorn cried. She hopped in front of Rat to stop him from getting ahead of her. "You're going to the three lakes!"

"What interest would Noir have in the lakes?" Rat asked, but his smile gave it away.

"AHA! I knew it! Noir's had his beady little eyes on those giant puddles for years! I just knew he couldn't stand it any longer!" Thorn cried. Rat listened to his friend rant on all the different things one could do with the lakes, simply remaining silent.

"WHAT!?" Ash cried.

"That poor man." Misty said.

"He's ok, right Nurse Joy?" May asked.

"Of coarse, he's at the hospital now. And it's nothing serious, but the reason the police are still there is because of what was stolen. They've been searching for days now and still haven't found a trace that anyone was there after the man was knocked out." Joy said.

"What was stolen?" Max asked.

"Some rare Pokeball Seals that had just been put on sale." Joy said.

"Pokeball Seals? Who would want to steal Pokeball Seals?" Ash asked.

"Well, that's exactly what the police would like to know." Joy answered.

"But why do all this for a bunch of seals?" May asked.

"Some people are just...bad." Brock said.

"Yes, some people are just..." But the Nurse was cut off when the front door opened and a young girl wearing a white jumper came bursting in. She stopped to catch her breathe and her straight, light brown hair hung in front of her face. When she stood up right, her hazel eyes looked worried.

"Nurse Joy, I heard what happened, and I came to see if the pokemon are alright. It was so close to the center and I had to check..."

"Nobody was here last night, Sophie. Except for myself and the trainers staying here." At Nurse Joy's words, the girl seemed pleased.

"That's a relief!" She exclaimed. She then added "Thorn and Rat told me, and they're usually right about these things, so i had to make sure everyone was ok."

"We certainly are." Then Nurse Joy turned to the friends behind her. "Everyone, this is Sophie. She helps me take care of the pokemon here at the center whenever she can. Sophie, this is Ash, Misty, Brock, May, and Max. They're staying here for a few days and will soon be on the road to Twinleaf. I was just telling them what had happened."

"Oh...hi!" Sophie exclaimed. Then, as if remembering something, she turned back to Joy. "I forgot my bag the other day. Is it behind the desk?" Joy nodded and the girl walked over to the front desk where the nurse usually sat.

"How's Eevee doing? Does it still have that cold?" Joy asked Sophie. As the girl walked out from behind the desk, everyone could see that she now wore a small, orange, shoulder bag. She looked up at Joy and smiled.

"Nope. All gone. She's up and running now." Sophie said happily. She then looked at the clock that hung on the wall. "Oh...I need to catch up with Thorn and Rat, I told them I'd be back by now. I'll see you later Nurse Joy!" And with that, Sophie dashed out the door and disappeared up the Solar Pathway's stairs.

A/N: I know it may have been a bit rushed...but I had to get it up soon or you all might have had a fit! The next chapter will be up soon, but this time...I can write it in Word. Hope you enjoyed this chapter anyway! REVIEW!