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The Professor strolled out of his Labotory facility and onto the short road that lead him towards the forest, where he planed to watch over whomever was to join them on this "Field trip". As with any person who was in this field, he loved all sorts of pokemon, and what he loved more was helping others to learn more about them.

He stopped just up the road when a few voices rang out, and he looked back to see both his nephew and neice, running in order to catch up to him.
They were both around 9 years old, with Timmy being a little taller and with short, spikey blond hair, and his sister who had straighter, longer blonde hair. Both sported Hazenut eyes.

"There you are! I was wondering where you two would be?" P.Gum waved them over

"Sorry" Timmy apoligised. "I was still coaxing Amy out of the house. You know how she is with dark places.

As if on cue, Amy hid behind her older brother, looking towards the forest as if it was going to swallow her up.

P.Gum simply smiled, and placed a hand on Amy's head. "You have nothing to fear, I will be watching you the hole time, and I'll make sure no pokemon try to hurt you, okay?"

Amy nodded, and appeared in full sight again, while P.gum Took out a clipboard and stared writing a few things down while he waited for others to appear. Timmy however was anxious to get into the forest and look for pokemon. He wasn't allowed to catch any though; His mother thought they where to young to have any pokemon just yet, and had told his uncle this many times. Still, He would be able to see some pokemon today.

The young girl cradled the Pokeball in both hands, staring at it wide-eyed as her older brother steered her outside the lab, to follow Professor Gum. The young girl's name was Rylina'sil, but everyone just calls her Lina. She's ten years old, a new trainer, and just received her first Pokemon from the prof.

"C'mon Lina, let it out." The older boy told her. He was fourteen, and has been a Pokemon trainer for three years already. His name was Sicel Swift.

Lina looked at her big brother nervously, and then her eyes darted back to the ball, to this white and red ball that seemed to hold the future for her. She remembered clearly, learning everything at trainer school, but at that very moment, she wasn't really sure what to do.

Sicel leaned over and put his hand firmly around hers, smiling at her reassuringly. She smiled shyly back, and they pressed the button on the pokeball together.

The red and white half of the ball opened at the button, and a red mass of light escaped from the ball. Lina remembers clearly in pokemon school: Pokeballs were storage devices that could turn matter into storable energy. That's why it was able to contain more than just pokemon, including items. That's what the red light was- the energy turning back into its matter state.

The light dissipated as something solid formed within it, and the red glow faded away to reveal a small reddish-brown Pokemon. Professor Gum had explained to her what the species was and what it looked like, but she had been too nervous to see her new friend until now, after coming out of the lab.

"Vulpix!" It cried out, blinking a moment and looking up at its new trainer. Lina and the vulpix looked at each other, and Lina felt her shyness melt away. She bent down and picked up the pokemon, who struggled for a moment, but then fell still, cocking its head curiously.

"Vul?" It sounded confused, but not scared.

"Give it a name." Sicel told her little sister.

"Uh...um...Vulpix...vul...pix...how about...Pixie?" Lina murmured, her voice trailing away into a whisper as her confidence melted away again. Sicel sighed, wishing his little sister wasn't always so shy.

"Well then, go and catch a Pokemon." Sicel adjusted his cap so that it shaded his eyes from the sun better. Professor Gum had needed some help controlling the wild Pokemon in the region. He personally wasn't interested- he has done well with only one Pokemon for nearly three years, and he was perfectly happy to keep it that way until he met a pokemon he knew for sure was worthwhile to catch.

Lina nodded slowly and set Pixie down, who began trotting by Lina's feet as she walked. Lina was scared. She knew how to catch a pokemon, she was confident that she could do it. But...she'll have to make Pixie fight, make Pixie hurt another pokemon, and maybe she'll get hurt too. The thought made Lina cringe, and re-think her decision to become a trainer.

Her big brothers' reassuring hand on her shoulder made her ease up.

Sadie stopped a fair distance away from them. Gloved hands folding a little behind her head. She glanced down at the vulpix that was rubbing against the boy's hand looking for attention before dashing back to Sadie and leaping high enough to get onto her shoulder. She gave a side glance at the pokemon before nodding.

"Yes, she is mine. Quite the little hyper one, but most are at her age." Sadie softly hissed, though the vulpix didn't seem to notice.

Sadie shook her head some, wondering many things, though many were even out of her reach. Scratching Sassafras behind the ears some, she glanced around to see whom else was coming, though Sadie was far from being a 'young' trainer. At the healthy age of 24, she was well seasoned in the life style of a trainer she prided herself in her own ways. True she was much darker then most, but it rarely showed unless someone really ticked her off...

"I had heard that you needed help, so I came to see what I could do to help out." She said, 'And to see what else I can catch' she thought more to herself, though Sassafras gave a small grin of her own.

Luckily, poke was in time to see another trainer had followed the professor out of the lab, and now they watched as, for the first time, she had released the pokemon and now they were becoming friends.

"Wooowww..." Amy watched the two with amazement, and a little fear as well. She had to admit, this vulpix wasn't as scary as the other one. But that was because it wasn't running up to her. As for the name, she thought it was cute as well, kinda like a fairy....or a clefairy...
"I like the name..." she mumbled.

Timmy was busy patting the vulpix that had run up to them before, and looked up at the taller trainer once the pokemon had run back. "so, how did you catch it? do you have any more pokemon? he asked. Mabye she had some really strong ones too!

"ah, amazing! simply amazing, I never get tired of watching new trainers interact with their pokemon!" P.gum quickly wrote down some more notes and then addressed the other girl who had joined them. "ah. Well, I'll get to that in a moment. Lets see...uhh..." he looked over the crowd at poke who was watching the bulbasaur with interest. "poke, did you bring those papers with you?"

"yes Professor, I got them right here." she held out some papers, which he took gratfully and quickly read them before he started talking.

"now that you have recieved your first pokemon, I thought it would be a great experience for you to now catch yourself a pokemon from this here forest. I had recieved a few complaints about some pokemon who were causing some trouble in the town-"

"Yeah, there was a really big one and it scared somebody! the lady fainted in front of everyone!" Timmy interupted.

"sppf, it was a catipie on a wall." poke said. "She was just scared of bugs"

"erm, yes it was only a few minor things, but it doesn't matter." Moving the papers around in his hand, he then handed each of the trainers a peice of paper with some pictures on it.



"those are the pokemon you will most likey see when you enter the forest. I believe there may be others, but I could be wrong. So for now lets just stick close to each other...especialy you two" he eyed timmy and amy at this, knowing fully well how they could easily (and most likey) get lost.
"If you have any questions along the way just ask me, or my helpful assistant named poke who is standing over there". At her mention poke waved, also holding up a yellow backpack to show she had a few extra supplies if needed.

"alright then, lets not waste any time!" Professor then started walking into the forest, timmy and amy close at his side. Poke stayed back to make sure everyone else went ahead; she was supposed to keep watch of them all, especialy the new trainers.

(btw, if anyone jumps in at a later time, don't worry you don't have to be with the main group. Or you could meet up with them later XP)

As much as he enjoyed the company of his charmander, one young man knew he was going to need to expand his team a bit. Having been in the trainer business for awhile, he knew there was only so far he can get with just one pokemon at his side. And quite frankly, there was no better way to do that but to wander out into the wilderness to see what he could find.

Walking into the woods, he kept an eye out for anything that caught may catch his interest. As he did this, he glanced down at his side momentarily to see Tiamat, his charmander. She was still pretty young, but pretty calm for her age. While they explored the forest, she kept her eyes wide opened as she took in her surroundings.

With a bit of a grin, Blade watched her for a moment or two. In a way it was almost like seeing a little kid in a new setting. Only not nearly as... annoying as a small child. In any case this should be a good experience for the pokemon.

It wasn't long before the thief picked up on some signs of life in the woods. Looking around to see what it was, he soon saw what looked like a part of the tail of a vulpix. For a moment, he raised an eyebrow, seeing how vulpixes were not exactly native to these woods as far as he was concerned. But he soon saw the reason why, as he spotted the trainer accompanying the pokemon as well.

And not too far away, he spotted a vaguely familiar figure; Professor Gum. It looked like he had two kids with him in the least, so something must have been going on right now.

Tiamat tilted her head a bit at the sight of the other humans before looking up at her own trainer. When he started to walk towards the group, she was quick to follow.

"Ah hey, Is something going on today Professor?" asked Blade once he was close enough.

Sadie laughed coldly, but still loudly as she was asked why she didn't bring her other Pokemon along with her. There was a simple answer to that one, she just didn't want to show up anyone else and it was about time she started a new team anyways.

"I just didn't want to over use them. They have battled hard and lived well on the road. They deserve some time off, don't you think?" She asked looking back toward the kids that had stopped. "I think my biggest Pokemon I had was a Dragonair. But he was gentle."

When things had started with her hatching Pokemon eggs, it was more her mother that tended to the eggs, but years back she helped. Shaking her head a little she looked a head to where Sassafras was sitting and waiting for Sadie to hurry up. Her tails dusting the ground as she waited.

"My mother does all the hatching and tending the eggs. I only helped when I was little. I think the Professor has been there... Not sure, It's not far from his Lab." She gestured off to one side of the forest where she knew her home would be. "Being her only child, she often needs help when she gets too many eggs in at one time. Which is why I had returned home and chose to start a new team."

Lina stayed silent, glancing around at the other trainers only briefly before her eyes fell downwards to stare at her shoes. Pixie sat there, looking up at her with interest for a little while, but then turned around in search of something else to do.

Pixie glanced at all the other pokemon in the area, and trotted over to a greenish-pokemon. She instinctively recognized her advantage as a fire-type over the bulbasaur, and wasted no time in trying to assert her dominance over the grass type, walking up to it and swatting it with a paw.

Lina didn't seem to notice, still uncomfortable with so many people -and so many strangers!- around. Sicel sighed and went over to Pixie, scooping the vulpix up unceremoniously with one hand.

"Scat, you little troublemaker." He told little little thing and tossed the Vulpix back gently, where Pixie easily landed on her feet and turned to glare at Sicel. The boy noted how the Vulpix came right back, pawed at him, and stared at the bulbasaur again. The Vulpix tried to attack the grass-type once more, but Sicel stopped its jump in mid-air with a foot.

He can't leave Lina to train this one by herself. Lina was too soft-hearted and this little one needed some proper discipline.

"Sorry 'bout my little sister's Pokemon. She's a young one." Sicel apologized to Lia. He turned to go back to Lina, who had only just noticed Pixie was gone and was staring at where he was standing. She quickly glanced back down again when she realized Sicel had seen him looking at her.

"Go on Pixie, get back to your trainer." Sicel murmured to the Vulpix, who sat down defiantly. Sicel gave the Vulpix a nudge with his foot, and she fell over, but still refused to move.

Sicel bent down, and picked Pixie up with one arm securely under its two front legs, the same way he has learned to deal with all small canine or feline pokemon. The Vulpix struggled the entire way as Sicel walked back to Lina, and unceremoniously dropped the Vulpix onto the ground next to Lina.

"Keep an eye on this one." Sicel told her little sister, and turned down to glare at Vulpix as it tried to dash away again.

"You misbehave, and I'll have Charm teach you a thing or two about being a proper pokemon." Sicel told the little thing, showing it a small pokeball that was stored in a pocket on the inside of his silver jacket. Inside it awaited the Charmander, Sicel's only pokemon.

"Brother, stop it." Lina muttered. Sicel always looked to pokemon in an almost military way. It seemed to fit his Charmander's personality just fine, but she wasn't sure if she liked seeing her own Pokemon being scolded like that. She then turned back to look at the sheet the professor gave to her about the pokemon that lived in the area.

She studied the three pictures as they moved along into the forest, trying to remember what Pokemon they were. Sicel didn't say anything; it was good practise for his little sister. Trainers need to be able to recognize Pokemon if they see them, it was a vital skill. Pixie had decided at this point that quarrelling with her trainer's brother wasn't going to get her anywhere, so she trotted obediently by Lina's feet, still eyeing the bulbasaur, the only pokemon in the area Pixie was confident she could bully around.

Finally:

"I think this one is Houndour, Caterpie, and...um...pidgeot." Lina said to her big brother. Sicel leaned over to take a look at the pictures.

"That is Poochyena, not houndour." Sicel corrected, explaining to her about the bony bands that is usually found on hondour's back, the skull-like shell on its head, and the orange colouration usually found on its tummy.

"Now this second one is Caterpie. Good job on identifying it. Caterpies will undergo a cocoon phase when it evolves, like Weedles and Wurmples. It will evolve into a Butterfree after its cocoon stage." Sicel explained, and watched her eyes suddenly light up in interest.

"Really? Caterpies will become Butterfrees?" She looked back down to Pixie, and couldn't keep her mind off of how beautiful Butterfrees are. It'll be nice to add one to her team.

"And this last one is a pidgey. You were close- pidgeot is pidgey's final evolution." Sicel explained. He then proceeded to tell Lina a bit more about each species, and his own experiences with them.

Lina began to get nervous again, listening to her big brother's talk. He has fought these pokemon before, caught and released some, and has hurt many of them in the process. Was there a way for her to catch pokemon without battling them? Without making Pixie fight and hurt the wild pokemon?

And what if the wild pokemon didn't want to be caught? If it wanted to stay in its home with its friends and family?

She didn't voice any of her concerns though, and looked down at her feet as she walked and listened to her big brother's talk.