A young girl woke up to a fright. A Dewpider and a Joltik were right in her ceiling, using Acid to poison the surrounding area. She got slightly frightened that one of them would try and bite her the next night, since arachnids were a fear of hers for some reason.

"Mum, there's two arachnids in my room!" she shouted, wanting her mother to check out her bedroom before she left for Seamantle that morning.

Slightly sun kissed hands made a hurried rush for some long, mahogany hair that was then done up in two braids. She parted her hair with her fingernails and placed a star shaped clip in her hair to pin her square fringe off of her face. She then put on a long sleeved red dress and a grey scarf.

The girl made a rush for the satchel that was gradually gathering dust in the east corner of her bedroom. She heard the faint yells of her brother who was calling her from downstairs. She blinked soft green eyes and smiled faintly.

Making a rush for the stairs, the girl tripped over her twin's partner Eevee and growled. She couldn't believe that Connor would leave something like a small Pokémon on the stairs where it could get hurt. She edged away from the Eevee, hearing it yelp and rush away from her.

Her brother looked pretty much identical to her. The same slightly sun kissed skin, the mahogany hair than had been tied into a small man bun at the back. Those unblinking and unforgiving blue eyes.

He looked at her and muttered, "Sis, are we going or not?"

"With that attitude of yours, Connor, I guess not," she huffed, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Nellie, you know acting all tough like that isn't scaring me in the slightest..." he muttered impatiently, tapping at the watch on his shoulder.

"What's your deal, Connor?" She snapped back, glaring at him.

"Your attitude is really starting to stink..." he muttered to the floor.

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A tall boy with scruffy hair was making his way out of a berry store that he'd just nicked a few Pomeg berries from, laughing somewhat manically as the store clerk panicked and checked all his stock again.

"Oi, you come back here you little hooligan!" the clerk screamed. "If you don't come back with those berries, I'll report you to the police!"

The boy didn't even look back as he continued to run.

"You're always nicking stuff from us!" The voice of an incense seller chimed in. "What's your problem?"

He gave them a quick stare as he ran off towards the Seamantle station, knowing almost exactly where he wanted to go at this point in time. He knew they couldn't take him to jail if he played his cards correctly. He got enough scoldings from his pa already.

"Hey, what are you doing? Come back! Answer us!" they yelled after him.

All anyone could hear after this was the boy's faint cackle.

Another successful heist! He thought to himself with glee. Those people are so EASY to manipulate!

He rushed into the station and stared at his fluorescent yellow name-tag that hung off his satchel. It was labelled with his name, Bruce. Everyone knew that his father was a famous gym leader, so they didn't even bother taking him to the police. All he ever got was a mild scolding and that was it. Today he wouldn't even get a scolding since he was getting his starter Pokémon from that foolishly jolly professor.

He sat down on the train when it came through, making its way past vast, idyllic coastlines and crowing white Wingull. Sighing, he stared down at the items he managed to steal from the shop with satisfaction.

Now that foolish vendor can NEVER catch me!

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Cornelia, known to her idiot brother as Nellie, rushed towards the Seamantle station as fast as she could in order to get her starter Pokémon. She didn't want to be separated from her brother, but he went missing around Route 1 area. She stared out of blue eyes towards the departing train and cursed under her breath. She missed the train. She might have just ruined her chances of getting the starter that she had wanted.

Closing her eyes as the beautiful coast flashed past, she imagined all three stater Pokémon popping out of their Pokeballs to greet her. Devifire, Platipuddle and Snass. All three had their own separate personalities. They were all different types as well. Her mahogany hair moved gradually and she frowned. She got up to grab a glass of lemonade from the cart that the attendant was wheeling along.

"Now calling for Evertide! Now calling for Evertide!"

The girl flinched slightly and ran towards the door, making sure she was holding her satchel close to her. She blinked as she reached the crowded city. Bikes, cars and trams flashed past her as neon signs guided her towards their respective stores, trying to lure her into becoming a customer of theirs. Even though her mum had given her some money, she knew not to get tempted.

She was very confused as she rushed through the city, almost ramming into a cyclist that didn't have a light on.

"Oi!" he barked at her.

She shut her eyes nervously and made a beeline for a small building. It was marble clad and had a small grey chimney poking out and expelling smoke. The plaque on the door read 'EVERTIDE'S POKÉMON RESEARCH LABORATORY'. She burst through both doors.

"Anyone home...?" she wondered aloud, hunting the old wooden floorings for any sign of human life.

She didn't find anyone, until she rammed into the back of a scruffy haired boy.

"Who the FUCK do you think you are, ramming into me like that?!" he snapped at her with an icy glare.

Cornelia felt somewhat intimidated by him and stepped back. "Watch your language!" She barked at him with frustration.

"Goody two-shoes," he huffed, putting pale hands on his hips. "What's a girl like you doing in a place like this?"

"What's a hooligan like you doing in a place like this?!" she retorted.

He sighed and closed his eyes. "If you came here for an argument, you aren't getting one," Cornelia told him.

He just shook his head as the both of them headed further inside the laboratory to find the Professor.