“Welcome to the world of Pokemon…” I grumbled under my breath as I adjusted my goggles to keep my vision clear of sand, not that there was anything worth seeing in this wasteland. You’d think that being reborn into this world would be amazing, right? Pokemon were these fantastic creatures after all…If there were any around! Unfortunately for me, Arceus had seen fit to drop me in the middle of Orre, aka the only region in the Pokemon world to not have Pokemon hiding behind every blade of tall grass!

Sure there were some Pokemon back in Agate where I lived, but they all already had Trainers! The only ways to get one out here were to be gifted an egg laid by your folks’ Pokemon, buy one from another region, or find a Pokespot and hope there was one there! 

The first wouldn’t normally be a problem. Both my new Mama and Papa were Pokemon Trainers, Mama was mainly a Grass Trainer and Papa was a complete mono Steel Trainer. The second method normally wouldn’t be a problem either. Sure, it could be expensive depending on what Pokemon you wanted, but Papa made a lot of money doing…whatever it was he did when he left the house. The third was perhaps the easiest considering the Oasis Pokespot was located near Agate.

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No, there was only one problem that all three shared…I was currently five years old. Being five years old again suuuuucked! Everything was too tall! My body didn’t work right and I kept falling over! And worst of all, everyone treated me like a kid! …Okay, I was currently a kid, but that’s besides the point. The point being that I was too young to be given a Pokemon of my own, at least according to my parents. Note that I said, given which meant that if I managed to find one of my own, I could keep it! They even said as much when I asked about it…Well Papa did, Mama was reluctant until he reminded her how rare wild Pokemon actually were here in Orre.

Which is why, when I overheard Papa telling Mama he was going over to Outskirt Stand, I came up with the ingenious plan to tag along! Honestly, it wasn’t too hard. Just some puppy eyes to get Papa on my side, then teaming up with Papa to get Mama on board! After a quick stop to fill my backpack up with berries(seriously, Agate was lousy with the things), Papa and I were off to Outskirt Stand!

Which was where step two of my master plan came into effect! Now that Papa was away from the family voice of reason, I could finally convince him to let me go out to a Pokespot! I was an evil genius! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Honestly, he seemed pretty happy not to have me in the room with him…Wonder what that was about.

Anyways, I was now riding out to the Rock Pokespot on the back of Papa’s Metagross, hoping to be able to find something even though I didn’t have any Poke Snacks…