Cepheus

Chapter 5 - A Shocking battle, a visit to Verdanturf Town and my way to Fallarbor Town After my break at the Pokecentre, I explored the town a bit more and talked to tourist. He kindly handed me big decoration Globe. I paid a visit to the Bikestore and it's owner gifted me a Bike of my choice! He also said I could swap between the two bikes anytime, I just need to come back, how generous! I choce the Mach-Bike for now. Before I challange the Gym I wanted to restock my supplies, and stock up on Paralyze-Heals, because this gym would be an electric-type gym. A Girl in the PokeMart asked me if I like Rollercoasters, and gave me the TM58-Freefall. I challanged the Gym and could solve the puzzle really quick and defeat the Gym-Leaders pupils with ease. Then I met the Gym-Leader, an old, half-bald, chubby man. His name is Wattson and he is a very funny man who is always laughing. Apperently he was in charge of re-designing Mauville City. He accepted my challenge and our battle began. Despite my team being way higher level than his Pokemon, he gave me some trouble. Wattson led with Magnemite, I led with Kirlia... and immediatly swapped it out for Beedrill, because I feared a Steel-Type attack, however Magnemite used Thunderwave to paralyze Beedrill. I ordered Beedrill to use it's new move, which it learned while battling his pupils, Toxic Spikes. Magnemite was faster with a Supersonic, which confused Beedrill, but it was able to lay down the spikes normally. Next Magnemite used Volt Switch, and luckily I ordered Beedrill to use Pursuit. As Magnemite withdrew into it's Pokeball Pursuit hit it it for moderate damage. To replace Magnemite, Wattson send out Voltorb, which got poisoned due to the Toxic Spikes. Beedrill hurt itself in it's confusion and now began the most annoying part... Volt Switching... over and over again... His third Pokemon, which he eventually sent out was Magneton! He always used Volt switch and occasionally Super Sonic when Beedrill snapped out of it's confusion. I ordered Beedrill to Pursuit everything, which KOed Voltorb and eventually Magnemite but Beedrill has taken a fair amount damage, but I was blind in my pursuit. As Beedrill had around 1/3 of it's strength left, it got confused again and got hit by Magnetons Magnet Bomb, and then hitting itself causing it faint... I was devestated... but as I send out Loudred to finish the job, I remebered, that I found a revive earlier. I hoped it wasn't to late and used it on my Beedrill... and it came back... slowly... I was so glad... I couldn't afford to lose Beedrill and my Azumarill which unluckily surpassed my other Pokemon in the level and would most likely be taken away after I beat Wattson. A few Bites from Loudred and Magneton, and therefore Wattson was beaten. He handed me the Dynamo Badge, which allowed me use HM06-Rock Smash out of battle to... well smash rocks. Also I'm now able to control Pokemon up to level 40. He also handed me his signature move TM72-Volt Switch. As I left his Gym, Azumarill's Pokeball began to glow... yeah as I suspected, Azumarill was transfered to my Veterans-Box... I could have made great use of it at the next Gym. I returned to the Pokecentre to get my team healed up and chose Taillow as Azumarill's substitute. I also apologized to Beedrill, for letting it get KOed, because of my stubborness. Now that my business was done here I decided to not head straight for the next Gym, but to pay Verdanturf Town a visit. I entered Route 117 and battled the trainers to train my Taillow, which evolved into a Swellow pretty soon. I even found another one of those weird stones... my Pokedex said it was a Mawilite. In Verdanturf Town I visited the Contest Hall and a Girl gave me the TM45-Attract. I remembered that there was a guy digging through the Tunnel from Rustboro City's side, so I decided to see if he managed to break thorugh yet. I encountered a Whismur in the tunnel which I caught... during my first visit I didn't encounter any Pokemon here. For that Whismur I received a Psyduck on Level 29. Now this is what I call luck. I got a new Water-Type which I might use against the next Gym. I found Wally's sister and the guy who was digging through the tunnel, but there were a few hard rocks, which he couldn't break. I taught Loudred the HM06-Rock Smash and did quick work with them. As a sign of gratitude he handed me another one of those stones, this time it was an Aggronite. I found a small part of Route 116 where a guy was looking for his glasses... I found some Black Glasses... but these weren't the glasses he was looking for... so I kept them. I returned to route 117 and encountered an Illumise, which I was able to catch. I received a Furret on level 39 ... wow... so close to my restriction. Since I now had a Bike I decided to check out the Bicycle-route. As I entered the north entrance I found yet another one of those stones... this time a Manectite. As I came down the Bicycle-Path I paid the Riddle-Master a visit... this time he was behind the flower on the right side of his house. He created a new puzzle. His Puzzle-room was full of rocks... luckily my Loudred knew Rock Smash, so it didn't take long to solve this puzzle and defeat the trainers. After i completed his challange he handed me a Hard Stone. Now that I have done everything I could with my new capabilities I decided to move onwards! To Lavaridge Town, where the next Badge awaits me! As I wanted to exit Mauville City to the north I overheard some guys from Team Aqua, who said that they'll meet up at Mt.Chimney... what are they up to now? I traveled at Route 111 and came across the house of the Winstrate family who I defeated in four quick consecutive battles and got a Macho brace in return. I continued onwards and on Route 112 I encountered Brendan again, who healed up my Pokemon and gave me the HM04-Strength... how nice of him, he then left for Fallarbor Town, to help his dad and Professor Cosmos with some research. I saw some Pokemon sticking out from the tall grass and sneaked up to it. It was a Machop, and a strong one, it even knew Thunder Punch! I managed to catch it and it got swapped out for... ... a Magikarp... really... a lousy Magikarp for a Machop that knows Thunder Punch?? Ah well... Magikarp do evolve into Gyarados... As I approached the Cable car, which drives up to the top of Mt.Chimney near Lavaridge Town, I saw a few guys of Team Aqua blocking the entrance... apparently waiting for the rest of their gang to finnish some job in Fallabor Town, and they wouldn't let anyone through... Fallarbor Town... that's were Brendan was headed... and Professor Birch is there too. I got the feeling that there will be no police this time around either... I guess I'm now the official One-Girl-Crime-Fighting Team! Like the Hoenn-Rangers from that TV-Show (damn I love that show *tihihi*)! Go Hoenn-Ranger ... ... hmmmm... no... ... nope... ah! GO HOENN-RANGER ALPHA-SAPPHIRE! Go and stop Team Aqua yet again from hurting inoccent people! Ok... I got a new goal... temporarily... but I need to find a way to Fallarbor Town first... I can't take Route 111, the Sandstorm in there is to strong. I looked around and found a tunnel-way, the fiery path. I caught a Grimer and got a Charmander through the "Wondertrade"! Holy-Arceus! A Charmander? And apperently it was still a Baby... why would you trade away a newborn baby-Charmander? that is cruel! I mean it's weak and helpless... It knows FLAME BURST??? Ok... forget what I said about it being helpless... I continued through the tunnel and exited on a northern portion of Route 112, as I reached the northern part of Route 111, which lies across the desert area, I meet a strange guy, who seemed to switch between different languages everytime... His name is Aarune, and he told me everything about Super-Secret bases and handed me the TM94-Secret Power and a few decoration items for my secret-base... but I have no time for that now. As I continued my Kirlia eventually evolved into Gardevoir. I entered Route 113, and I'm glad I don't wear my Contest-Dress everyday... this place is dirty with all the vulcanic-ash, that rains down from Mt.Chimney. I got attacked by a Skarmory, which I caught of course and it got traded for a Gible, which apparently was also a new-born... but it knows Outrage! Damn that's powerful. I found TM32-Double Team on my find and came across the hut of the glass-blower, who handed me a pouch for gathering that vulcanic-ash around Route 113, which he uses for his glass-works. I finally reached Fallarbor Town, and got my Team healed up at the Pokecentre and I met Lanett, who designed and programmed the Pokemon-PC-Storage System. After a quick chat she returned to her house on Route 114. I got my Pokemon ready... come Team Aqua! Try to hurt my friends! I will stop you, whatever it is you are planning! Hoenn-Ranger Alpha-Sapphire is coming for you! Team: Pokemon caught and traded for: Backup-Pokemon on PC: Veterans

Streetpasses also spread via special "Nintedo-Zones" ... specail Spotpasses that connect through the world! Also I've met a few japanese and american guys via Streetpass while I was strolling thorugh the city with my 3DS in the pocket, and as far as I know there weren't any "Nintendo-Zones" nearby. (For the record - I'm in germany like it says beneath my avatar) With the words of Zeratul, the Dark Prelate of the Protoss: "The prophecy is uncertain... There is always hope!" (god I can't wait for Starcraft2 - Legacy of the void )

Chapter 4 - a long day in Staleport City I entered the Granite Cave to find that all those hobby-archeologists were gone... thank goodness, now I am able to meet Steven to give him the letter from his dad. As I entered the big room of the cave, I saw a guy in a black suite and metallic-blue hair, this must be Steven. He stood before a giant wall-painting showing an enormous fish-like Pokemon in the Ocean, causing gigantic waves. on its fins was the symbol of the greek-letter alpha. I approached Steven as he was thinking loudly about this wall-painting, that this Pokemon could have caused huge destruction, and that it looks a bit like a Mega-evolved Pokemon... Mega-evolution? What is a Mega-Evolution? However I handed him the letter and he gave me the TM51-Steel Wing. He also said that he could feel that I'm a a great trainer capable of becoming the Champ of the Hoenn-region. (Did he mean it seriously, or was he just flirting with me???) He left the Granite Cave and so did I, after I trained my Weedle and Whismur a bit against the Pokemon in the cave. Soon Weedle evolved into Kakuna and then to Beedrill apperently I teached Ralts the TM-Flash for no reason... that Hiker who gave it to me was lying! The cave wasn't dark at all... or did he mean another part of the cave which I couldn't reach? I returned to Mr.Briney and he told me that he got a Package and a letter from Mr.Stone. In the letter he asked me to deliver the package, which I saved from that Team-Aqua guy, to Slateport City to Captain Stern. Well since I'm on my way to the next gym in Mauville City, Slateport City is the next logical stop and Mr.Briney would even take there. We hopped onto his boat and traveled to Slateport City... or rather it's wonderful beach! I battled a few trainers on the beach and the beach-house. In the beacah-house were a few tough trainers who almost defeated my Pokemon, but I could beat them all and receive 6 Soda Pop as a prize from the shop owner and I bought 4 more to round up to 10. Also my Marill evolved into Azumarill! Two cute kids, who were building a sand castle gave me some Soft Sand in a pouch... apperently it increases the effect of ground-type attacks. Since the trainers in the beach house gave a bit of trouble I decided to return to the Granite Cave to train my Pokemon a bit more. After my training was complete, I taught Beedrill HM01-Cut, and returned to Rustboro Woods and Route 116 to cut down those pesky thorny bushes to explore what lies behind them. In the Rustboro Woods I found a boy who gave a Miracle Seed, which is supposed to increase grass-type attacks, and a mossy stone... I read that an Eevee would evolve into a Leafeon, if it grows stronger near one of those. I have to remember the location. On Route 116 I found a few trainers, who were no match for my team now, and a few berries. I returned to Mr.Briney and he gave another ride to Staleport City. Before I deliver the package I did a bit of sightseeing. On the Marketplace I found an odd shimmering stone... my Pokedex said it was an Alakazite, which could help Alakazam to do a Mega-evolution. There it is again... "Mega-Evolution"... I'll keep it, maybe I'll get my hands on an Alakazam and I can test it out. I bought a Luck Incense for ~9600P$ from a Lady. She told me that it would double my winning-prizes! I could always use more money, even if it means I have to spend some... if it is true I will have this money back in no time! I visited the Contest-Hall, unfortunately they wouldn't let me participate because I don't have a Contest-Card, and there weren't any contests held at the moment which I could watch... I spoke to a Contestant and he gave me the TM41-Torment. I wanted to visit the Ocean-Museum... but there was a huge line... and they all had those pirate-outfits like that Team-Aqua Guy... soooo is this the whole Team Aqua... and if so WHY IS THERE STILL NO POLICE??? I decided to stay clear of the museum for now, and deliver the package. I headed to the wharf, where captain Stern should be but I was greeted by his assistant, who told me that Capt.Stern was in fact at the museum, and that I should bring him the package of important ship-parts. Soooo... if this package contains parts for a ship, why can't I just give it to you, here at the wharf, where that ship is actually build? Why do I have to go see your boss, give him the package so that he can return with them here??? And this museum is possibly overrun by this Pirate-Gang by now. Ohhhhh well... whatever... you can't argue with some people about logic. I went to the museum and paid 50P$ entrance fee... and like I thought, these Pirate-guys were everywhere! They even talked about the stealing stuff from the museum! (Hello??? Security??? oh yeah... no police I almost forgot...) I went upstairs and meet Capt.Stern and just as I wanted to hand him the package these guys come up and want to steal it from us, but their Pokemon didn't stand a chance against my team! As i beat the two guys who challanged me, their Boss approached us! He was pretty muscular, must have been an old-school sailor, he even wears a giant golden anchor on a chain around his neck... and I think I thought a Stone embeded in the anchors hilt, which looks similar to that Alakazite I found earlier... Archie, that is his name, told me about his or rather Team Aquas plans to restore the oceans to it's former beauty and increase the sea as a habitat for Pokemon and humans! A noble goal, I must admit... but why go with such illegal actions? And how will he "increase the sea"? And how is the sea a habitat for humans, when we are clearly land-creatures?? (again... logic... I begin to think that I'm the only logical-thinking person in all of Hoenn...) He let us go and retreated with his Evil-organization. I finally handed over tha package and Capt.Stern left for the wharf. I remained in the museum to look at the exhibition for bit and while I was at it, I ran into that Team-Aqua guy I beat in Rustboro Woods and Rusturf-Tunnel. He gave me the TM46-Thief and ran away. I visited the Pokecentre to get my Pokemon patched up. After that I wanted to leave Staleport City to the north to make my way to Mauville City, but something caught my attention: before the Contest Hall was a big ruckus! I went over there to see what it is all about, and there was the Contest-Star Lisia and her Altaria Xeblu. She gave an Interview of some sort and looked out for a new possible Contest-Star and then she approached me! (ME! From all the people around her she chose ME!!!) She handed me a Contest Card and Pokeblock-Set, and encouraged me to try participate in a Contest. And that's what I wanted to right away! I went into the Contest-Hall and got enrolled for the next Cuteness Contest and I wanted to participate with my Azumarill. Lisia showed me the preparing-room and gifted me a special dress, for I'm her 100th Contest-Newcomer. It is a dress that looks similar to hers but in pink, and I'm soooo cute in it. I wish I could always wear it, but then it would get dirty during my travels... Our rivals were a Zigzagoon, a Whismur, and a Wingull... but only the Wingull was a truly challanger who ultimately won the Contest because it had the luck to show it's moves last to earn all of the build up tension of the viewers applause... that was so unfair! I call a deceit! It was arranged, that it could show it's moves last! After the show a women approached me and gifted me a special cosplay-loving Pikachu... It wore the same dress as I had on the stage. The women tailored it for the pikachu right after she saw me on the stage and thought we would make grate partners. And this "Wondertrade" didn't send it away... so it must be very special and I should keep it. Finally I was able to leave Staleport City and head for Mauville City. On Route 110 I encountered a Plusle which I caught and I got a Sableye for it... but apperantly it was to strong for because it got swapped immediatly for a cute Skitty. I battled a few wild-pokemons here and my Whismur evolved into Loudred and Ralts evolved into Kirlia. I came across a strange house, I went inside and found a man hiding under a table. He told me he is a riddle-master and challanges me to solve his riddles. Behind the scroll on the wall was a giant hole that lead into a whole new room... this room was filled with trees! It was like a forrest! I went around to find a door behind another scroll... but this door was locked with a password. I had to find the password in that forest. Luckily, my Beedrill knew Cut, so I cut my through, battled a few trainers who were also doing this challagnge, and found a few Lava-Cookies! After a while I found the password and unlocked the door an completed the challange! The man told me he would create more challanges for me in time and handed me TM12-Taunt, and I found an expert-belt lying around. I continued my journey on Route 110 and met Brendan again, but this time he challanged me to a battle! He lead with a Wailmer and I countered with Kirlia, who knew Magic-Leaf - Two hit and Wailmer was done for! He then send out Shroomish and I used my Beedrill, which made quick work with Twineedle. As his last Pokemon he brought out Combusken... his little Torchic evolved! I sent out Azumarill. One hit with it's Aqua Tail and Combusken hit the floor! That was a quick and easy win! After the battle Brendan gifted me a Dowsing Machine, which could find hidden items on the ground... and OH MY GOD! They look like floppy, glowing bunny-ears! Soooo adorable!!! All my Pokeballs began to glow! wait - what? This was not such a challanging battle, why put away my strongest Pokemon - and why are all glowing?? The glowing stopped... what happened? All my Pokemon where the same Level hmmm... either this "Wondertrade" couldn't decide which was my strongest Pokemon... or it decided that this really wasn't that of challange... did I just beat the system? But I can't possible keep all my Pokemon the same level when this stuff happens... damn... I continued my way to Mauville City and fought a few trainers along the way and picked up a few items with those adorable Item-finding-bunny-ears! As I reached Mauville City I saw Wally with his Dad. Wally wanted to go straight to the gym, to see how strong he became. I looked around this "City" which looks more like a giant Mall! To bad the gaming-hall has been closed... but I got three cute dolls from the owner, because he had them left over. These were dolls of Treecko, Torchic and Mudkip. As I traveled thorugh Mauville I also encountered an musician who handed me a Metronome and a strange man who all of a sudden pressed a gold-nugget into my hands and leave... strange indeed... As I came across the Gym, I met Wally and his dad again. Wally challanged me to a battle, because his dad didn't want him to challange the gym just yet. I beat his Ralts with ease... I felt a bit bad for him. His dad gave me HM06-Rock Smash. I headed to the Pokecentre to take a break after this long day... Team: Pokemon caught and traded for: Backup-Pokemon on PC: Veterans:

Chapter 3 - A complicated trip to Dewford Town I wondered where I should head next, as I looked on the big map in the Pokecentre. The Rusturf-Tunnel isn't completed yet, so there is no way to get to Verdanturf Town... Route 115 to the north is impassable, because of those high ledges... leaves only Dewford Town to the south, but I have to cross the water-routes 105 and 106 for that, but I can't swim that far... if only I had a boat or my Marill knew how to Surf... ah boat hmmm... there was this old man with his Wingull, who owned a boat, maybe he could bring me over to Dewford Town! So I went back to through the Rustboro Woods but he wasn't at home, what a bummer... and my Pokemon couldn't learn the move "Cut" I got earlier... so I couldn't explore the other part of the Woods yet, I'll have to come back later. A young boy told me, that Mr.Briney, that's the name of the old man, went for a walk to the Rusturf-tunnel. Since Mr.Briney is my only hope to get to Deford Town I took another stroll through the woods and thorough Rustboro City. At the entrance to Route 116 I met the scientist from earlier again. He begged me for help because that Pirate-Guy from earlier stole important parts from the Devon Corp. and I should bring them back. (Seriously, this is a huge city, where is the Police??) Alright I beat that guy in the woods, so he should be no problem to deal with, if I meat him. I traveled through Route 116 and beat a few trainers and caught a Nincada, which got swapped for a Taillow by this "Wondertrade"... I'm slowly grow accustomed to this. Here were a few more of this bushes, but my Pokemon still can't use Cut. I arrived at the Tunnel and met Mr.Briney, who was upset! apperently that Pirate-Guy took his Wingull hostage and fled into the tunnel. Sweet! This guy is trapped there and I get to beat two birds with one stone! If I rescue this Wingull Mr.Briney will surely bring me over to Dewford City! I went into the tunnel and as I thought, this Guy from "Team Aqua" was no match for me again. I got the Devon Wares and Mr.Briney got his Wingull back and promised to help me. I returned to Rustboro City and gave the scientist the Devon Wares. He gave a Great Ball as a thank you and invited me inside to see the president of Devon Corp. Mr.Stone. Mr.Stone updated my PokeNav with a News-Channel, and asked me to deliver a letter to his son Steven, who is currently in Dewford City... well ok I guess, I'm headed there anymways. As I exited the building Brendan greeted me... but he didn't challange me to a battle... strange, I guess my feeling from earlier was wrong. I went thorough the Woods again to visit Mr.Briney and ask him to bring to Dewford City. Finally arrived in Dewford City I searched for Steven but couldn't find him, but some nice fisherman gave me a fishing rod and another boy gave me a Silk Scarf. I went to the Granite Cave on the city outskirts. A traveler handed me the TM70-Flash, which I can use to light up dark places like this cave... however there was a long line of hobby-archeologists so I couldn't go further. In the cave my first encounter with a wild Pokemon was a Zubat which I caught... and it got swapped for a Weedle. I might as well challange the gym, maybe I find Steven when I got my second badge. The gym looked... well... like a normal gym, where you lift dumbells and stuff, guess this is a fighting gym, which was quite convenient, because Dustox knew Psychic and flying moves, Ralts knew Fairy and Psychic moves, and is a fairy/psychic type, and Marill is also a fairy-type! "All your Type-advantages are belong to me!" I swept thorugh this gym like breeze... but they could work on their lighting... it must be frustrating to be changing or training in utter darkness unlees someone stays on the lightswitch. (seriously, this is dangerous! Who approved this? Lightswitches on the floor which need to be held down?) anyway... Brawly seemed like a cool guy but I think he is only muscles and almost no brain... my Dustox sweeped his team without getting hit once because he only used Bulk Up! All these muscles are pointless if you don't use them! Brawly lead with Machop, I lead with Dustox. Dustox poisoned Machop with it's Poison Powder and coninued with Confusion... Brawly used a Super Potion on Machop but this didn't help because he kept using Bulk Up... after Machop was defeated he sent out Makuhita, and it was the same as with Machop - Poison Powder - Bulk Up - Confusion - Bulk Up - Confusion -> defeated Makuhita! I have to say this match wasn't even fun, and he is supposed to be a Gym-Leader? Whatever I got the Knuckle Badge from him and his favorite move TM08-Bulk Up, and all Pokemon will obey my orders until level 30... I think I won't have any more Porblems with my Pokemon ignoring my orders. Brawly told me about the Granite Cave and that Steven is a friend of him, and I could find him deep inside... no wonder I couldn't find him earlier. As our chat came to an end, Dustox's Pokeball began to glow and vanished... *sigh* again? Yeah Dustox was my strongest Pokemon after I defeated Brawly so it got send to my Veterans PC-Box. I went to the Pokecentre to heal up Ralts and Marill and grab a substitute for Dustox, and another Pokemon, since I got my second Badge I can now carry 4 Pokemon with me! I grabed Whismur and Weedle from my PC to accompany me from here on. And now I'm headed to the Granite Cave... hopefully I will be able to get deeper this time, to meet Steven. Team: Pokemon caught and traded for: Backup Pokemon on PC: Veterans

Chapter 2 - Petalburg Woods and the Rustboro City Gym I continued my journey and went to Route 104, where I caught a Zigzagoon, which got wondertraded for a Level 10 Gulpin. I decided to do a little training with my new Pokemon to get to know them a bit better and to make them stronger for the upcoming battles. During this training my Wurmple evolved into a Cascoon. And I hoped for a Silcoon for a beutiful Beautifly *sigh* I guess you can't have everything... After I felt my new friends were strong enough I headed into Petalburg Woods. My first encounter was a wild Slakoth. I caught it, and "wondertrade" gave me a level 11 Marill in return. I fought a few Bug catchers and won every battle with ease. On my way through the woods I met a scientist of the Devon Corporation, and soon we got attacked by a suspicious looking guy, who was dressed like a pirate. A said something about "Team Aqua" and very important documents, that he wants from that scientist, for their big plan. I protected the scientist against his Poochyena. After that battle my Cascoon evolved into a Dustox and it learnt Gust! After his defeat, this Team Aqua guy fled to Rustboro City. The scientist thanked me for protecting him and handed me an EXP-Share, after that, he also left for Rustboro City, back to the Devon Corp. HQ. I continued my way thorugh Petalburg Woods and eventually leaving it behind me on the northern part of Route 104. I visited the Flowershop and a nice Lady has given me the Wailmer Pail, so I can plant and water my own berries! A boy handed me the TM49-Echoed Voice. I fought my first double battle on the bridge of the lake against twins... and I think Dustox ignored one of my commands... everything happened so fast, I'm not sure. I finally reached Rustboro City and mer Brendan again, who came out of the PokeMart. He said he want to challange Roxanne, the Gym-Leader here, but he wanted to train a bit more. Rustboro City is big compared to Littleroot Town so I took my time to explore a bit. A man gave me the HM01-Cut, another one the TM54-False Swipe, and the teacher of the Trainer-school handed me a Quick Claw. I went to the Gym and met Roxanne, the Gym-Leader, who is eager to accept my challange. This is a Rock-Type Gym. The gym looks like a big excavation site. There are fossils and stones on display everywhere, and the giant statues of fossil-pokemon give me the creeps... I began fighting Roxanne's pupils and here it was made clear that Ralts and Dustox tend to ignore my orders! I think I was a bit to eager in their training... at least Treecko will still follow my orders. After I have beaten all of Roxanne's pupils Treecko learned Mega Drain. How convenient, right before the battle with the Gym-Leader. Roxanne lead with a Geodude and I lead with Treecko. Treecko used Mega Drain and got Geodude to the brink of deafeat, only its Sturdy ability kept it from falling. Geodude countered with Rock Tomb and critically hit Treecko and lowered it's speed. Roxanne gave her Geodude a Potion, how generous of her, because Treeckos Mega Drain could grant him more energy this way. Next was her Nosepass. It was faster than my Treecko thanks to the earlier Rock Tomb. Nosepass also leads with Rock Tomb, getting Treecko dangerously low and lowering its speed even further, but nothing that a Mega Drain couldn't handle! Nosepass was halfway down and continued to use Rock Tomb, which Treecko just barely survived again and got his last Mega Drain off to defeat it! Game! Set! Match! - Sapphire! Alright! I beat Roxanne! She handed me the Stone Badge and her signature move Rock Tomb as TM39! She explained to me that now every Pokemon will obey my orders without question until they are level 20, and that I may use the HM01-Cut outside of battle, sweet! There were a few bushes right before the City and in Petalburg Woods! Suddenly, Treecko's Pokeball began to glow... and vanish! Like it was transferred to the PC-Storage System! Now I'm actually freaked out? Is this yet another constraint? Roxanne witnessed this and explained, that trainers under the influence of "Wondertrade" cannot use their strongest Pokemon of the team after a particular challanging battle, like gym-battles. Great! So now I can't use my Treecko? This is unfair! It was my first Pokemon and trusty partner... As I left the Gym, a guy run past me... he looked like the Team Aqua guy from earlier. A scientist was after him, shouting something about stolen wares... this is something the police can handle... I'm just a 10-year-old girl, not a crime-fighter! I went to the Pokecentre to get my other two Pokemon healed up and check the PC-Storage system... there it was, Treecko's pokeball within a special strage box labeled "Veterans" and I couldn't get it out. I said goodbye to Treecko and promised to look out for him from time to time. Since I could have 3 Pokemon on my team, I decided I use that Marill I got earlier... since I got the feeling Brendan is waiting to challange me... it will be a surprise for his Torchic. Team: Pokemon caught and traded: Pokemon on PC:

Chapter 1 - A wonderful Journey begins "Hi, my name is Sapphire. I'm a 10 year old girl. Me and my family just moved to the Hoenn region, specifically Littleroot Town, because my Dad has become a Gym-Leader in Petalburg City. My Dad moved here before because of his new job, and now me and my mom have finally arrived." As I climbed out of our truck I watched into the sky, and I thought I saw a Pokemon there between the clouds, but my mom called me up to go into our new home. Inside there were a few Machokes moving our stuff around. Mom told me that Dad got me a new clock for my new room, so I went upstairs to set the time, and look at my new room... my Lapras-Doll is so cute and fluffy! When I went down to the Living room my Dad was in a TV show giving an interview, but I just missed it... Mom told me I should visits Dads old Professor Birch, he is our neighbor... so I went next door to pay him a visit. There a Woman greeted me, must be Prf. Birch's wife, she told me they have a son in my age and I should go upstairs and say hi... I feel a bit uncomfortable just barging into his room... if a boy would just come into my room I would freak out... what if I were just changing? - creepy... He was actually kinda chill, but he thought I would be a boy because I was the child of a gym-leaders... yeah because girls can't be the child of a gym-leader?? His name is Brendan. He asked me if he should catch a Pokemon for me - as if I'm not capable of doing it myself - but he almost forgot that he had promised his Dad to catch Pokemon for him, to help him in his studies... and then he ran off, leaving me standing arkwardly in his room... Well I better leave. Professor Birch wasn't at home and not at his Lab... but his assistant told me he was out doing research on Route 101 right before the town, so I went to Route 101. A litte boy told me that he heard someone screaming and as I moved on I also heard someone calling for help. There was a guy being chased by a Poochyena... he told me I should grab a Pokeball from his bag and use the Pokemon inside to help him out. There were 3 Pokeballs, each containing a different Pokemon: Treecko - a Grass-Type Torchic - a Fire-Type (soooo cute!!) Mudkip - a Water-Type I chose Treecko. As cute as Torchic is, I know a guy in Kalos who has a Torchic, and is willing to send me one. And I also know someown who owns a Mudkip. I send Treecko against that Poochyena, ad after a few Absorbs it ran away. The Man I just saved was Professor Birch, we went back to his Lab, and he allowed me to keep Treecko as my first Pokemon, YAY! He told me his son, Brendan, is on Route 103, and that I should look for him. On my way I encountered a few wild Pokemon but Treecko could beat them easily, the first one I encountered on Route 101 was a Wurmple. In Oldale Town a man, working at the PokeMart approached me and gave me a few tips and a free Potion! As I enterd Route 103 I could see Brendan from a far, and I aproached him, and he challanged me to battle... and of course he uses a Torchic, way to be fair to newbie... but my Treecko managed to beat his Torchic, easily. And back to the Lab... Professor Birch handed me a Pokedex, and Brendan gave me a few Pokeballs... but why? I don't understand... I never mentioned that I wanted to go on a journey... Mom called me and told me to visit Dad... and that I should be careful on my way. As I wanted to leave Brendan came up and updated my PokeNav, because his Dad forgot it earlier. Also he taught me how to sneak up on a hidden Pokemon... it was Poochyena and it knew Thunder Fang! Wow! Treecko was a bit harsh and hit it a bit to strong so I coudln't catch it... I'm on my way to Petalburg City and on Route 102 I encountered a few Trainer, which I could beat easily with my Treecko. Here I encountered a Surskit, with it's Bug-Moves it hit my Treecko really hard, but I was able to catch it! Yay, my first Pokemon! But for whatever reason Surskit didn't want to come out of it's Pokeball... hmmm... I finally arrived at Petalburg City and met my Dad, he showed me his new Gym, and then a young boy came into the gym and asked my dad for a Pokemon. His name is Wally, he seems a bit shy and insecure. Dad gave him a Zigzagoon and a few Pokeballs so he could catch his own Pokemon. Dad wanted me to go look after him. He encountered a Ralts, and he wasn't even to clums and catched it. I think he will has the talent to be a great Pokemon-Trainer. We went back to Dad and gave him back his Zigzagoon. Wally even Updated my PokeNav with the Player-Search-System, or "PSS" for short, the Pokemon-Ami System and the Super-Training-System. WOW! How generous, and I just stood there and watched him catch that Ralts. Dad told me I should go on a Journey and fight the different Gym-Leaders of Hoenn... of course I would have to battle Dad sometime... The first Gym I should visit is in Rustboro City... OK! If Dad wants me to go on a journey, so be it! But first I need to go home and tell Mom! Also he told me why my Surskit didn't want to come out of it's Pokeball... because it wasn't my Surskit anymore! - I was shocked! It is some kind of mysterious force, that chooses natural born trainers (I'm flattered) once a Pokemon is caught, it is immediatly traded for another Pokemon of another talented Trainer... they call it "Wondertrade" Also he told me that I could only have a certain amount of Pokemon with me, depending on the number of Badges I own. Apperantly for now I am stuck with a maximum of three Pokemon in my Team. To make matters worse - I can't allow my Pokemon to be defeated... because they will never be able to fight again, what kind of horror is this? I thought that is what Pokecentres are for?? And my Pokeballs won't catch any Pokemon that I didn't encounter as my first Pokemon on a given Route or area?? What is this madness??? Oh great Arceus, why did you chose me for such a cruel fate? I checked Surskits Pokeball again, and the Pokemon inside was a Ralts! It was just level 1, acording to it's data but hey, I'm a Trainer and I will make it grow stronger! As I went back to Littlerot Town to visit Mom and tell her that I'm going on a journey, I caught a Wurmple... because that was the only Pokemon I could catch on Route 101. I checked Wurmple Pokeball, like I did with Surskit, and inside was Shelmet! It was Level 30! Wow!!! But... the data get scrambled? What is going on?? Suddenly the Shelmet in the Pokeball changed into a Wurmple?? But that was not my Wurmple... Why did it do that? I have to ask dad when I am in Petalburg again... but first let's see what Pokemon I get from Route 103! I found a Wingull! I caught it and the Data on my Pokeball began shuffling again... It is kind of sad that I loose the Pokemon I caught myself... but it is a thrill to find out what Pokemon I get from other trainers... the Data stopped shuffling around and I got a Whismur! Sadly I can't use it now... because my Team already consists of Treecko, Ralts and Wurmple. Back in Petalburg, Dad explained to me why the Shelmet I received got traded away immediatly. That is because I am not suited for a Pokemon of a level that high. It would never obey my orders. I need the gym badges as a sign of respect, so that high level Pokemon will obey my orders. This super-natural force, "Wondertrade", recognized it and gave a Pokemon more suitable. However... before I continue my journey I make a short rest here with my Dad... See you next time! Team: First Pokemon per Area and traded for: Backup-Pokemon on PC:

anyone of you who are playing ORAS: are Raikou, Entei and Suicune based on the starter you choose or do they all appear? I'm asking because I want Suicune not necesseraliy because of competetive reasons, because I don't use Legendaries in battles, but it was the first of them I caught back then in gold... and because I like it the most from those 3

I'm hopping onto the trend of the adventure diaries, like the mono-type runs and whatever... In a few days ORAS will be finally released in EU, and I planned on doing a Wonderlocke run in Alpha Sapphire. I'm creating this topic beforehand so I can kickstart and I don't need to write this introduction right before I start playing This will be my very first "-locke" ever. Here are my rules for this run: - The wonderlocke will end after the Champ is defeated and the story therefore completed. - On every route or area only the first encountered Pokemon is to be caught! - Every caught Pokemon is to be wondertraded immediatly! - Every Pokemon obtained through wonder trade has to meet certain criteria: --- The obtained Pokemon must be inside the current Level-Cap of obedience (2.Badge Level 30, 4. Badge Level 50, 6. Badge Level 70, 8. Badge Level 100 - if it is still like in the original) --- The obtained Pokemon must NOT be 10 or more levels above the Pokemon with the highest level in the team --- If a Pokemon does not meet theese criteria it is to be wondertraded again until a Pokemon, which meet the criteria is obtained - When a Pokemon is defeated, it is considered dead, and has to be released or put into a special PC-Box. - Ressurecting Pokemon -> Reviving Items are not to be bought! However the ones found through out the game may be used, but only INFIGHT and only in the turn that follows up after the Pokemon fainted... like it's in a dying stat for one turn. Reviving after a fight by any means is prohibited! - After the following battles the team-member with the highest level is to be retired from the team and to be stored into a special PC-Box: --- Rival-Battle, Team-Aqua Boss Battle, Gym-Battle - Limited Team Pokemon allowed: --- Beginning with a maximum of 3 team-pokemon, with every 2 achieved gym-badges the maximum increases by 1 (0-1 Badge = 3 Pokemon, 2-3 Badges = 4 Pokemon, 4-5 Badges = 5 Pokemon, 6+ Badges = 6 Pokemon) - I may continue as long as I have reserve Pokemon in the PC, that have not been used. Retired Pokemon may not be used again (except for the use of SURF, described further down) - As soon as SURF is needed to advance in the story and there is no water-type or a Pokemon that can learn SURF on the team, I am allowed to catch or reuse a water-type to be able to use SURF. This Pokemon is prohibited to be used in battle. - The Run is over once I have no more Pokemon left to use in the PC. ------------------------------ That's it, as soon as I get my hands on my copy of Alpha Sapphire I will start my little "diary" here. You can expect the first part on Friday 28th, the official release date of ORAS in EU ... maybe even one or two days earlier thanks to my trusty electronics store, we will see

my most memorable Leeroy Jenkins moment (if you can call it that) was actually in World of Warcraft days... during the Burning Crusade expansion. I played a protection-Paladin... which equals a tank. We wiped on a boss in the raid Serpent Shrine Cavern (I don't remember which one), but after that wipe 2 of our members somehow got into a fight over TeamSpeak- who stood in a wrong position or whatever... (If I recall correctly those two haven't gone along well for a few days prior to that) So we went to the boss again and tried to calm those two down so that we could continue and try again... they would completely ignore us, they didn't react to ingame-chat or to TeamSpeak call outs (maybe because they were so loud. As the Main-Tank and Raid-LeaderI was like: "Ok guys short break - have smoke, go to the toilet, whatever... in 5 minutes we WILL start this boss! No matter what!" 5 minutes later me in chat "ReadyCheck - + into chat if your ready!" (because those two were still going shouting at each other...) everyone was ready except those 2 who didn't keep attention to the chat. Me in chat again - "Ok guys... you maybe want to turn down your TS volume for a few seconds..." And with all my power I shouted: "LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRROYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! JEEEEEEEEENKIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!" finally overpowering those 2 in Teamspeak and ran into the boss... (luckily I was home alone at that time) suddenly they were totally quite and like "The hell are you doing mate?" and the other 22 people were laughing their asses off... after a few minutes of laughing and utterly confusion, we explained them that they were halting our progress with their childish behaviour and all the things they didn't pay attention to... and if they want to come along raiding again, they should put their differences to rest BEFORE or AFTER the raid..." We did manage to kill the boss in that try... (oh I miss the good old days...)

I know that feel, and I can understand you completely. It is a total pain as an EU citizen who is yet to get that game to endure this torment Have fun whatever you are going to do, wherever you do it

Pokemon Blue: Blastoise - Hydro Pump, Surf (HM), Ice Beam , Skull Bash Arcticuno - Fly(HM), Ice Beam, Blizzard, Agility Zapdos - Thunder, Thunder Bolt, Drill Peck, Agility Nidoking - Strength(HM), Double Kick, Earthquake, Flamethrower Magmar - Fire Punch, Flamethrower, Confuse Ray, Smog Execcutor - Psychic, Solar Beam , Sleep Powder, Mega Drain Something like tha (had to look up a wiki to not accidently include attacks that didn't exist Gen 1 )

Omg guys stop it!!! I wanted to do a Wonderlocke run... but these information is so amazing I might reconsider on doing a normal run with all the awesome (Since I don't like resetting my file to start over I wouldn't wondertrade away special one-time pokemon to use in post game...)

you get it most likely where you get the normal EXP-Share in R/S/E... and well you don't need to use it... and when weren't Pokemon games NOT easy-mode? (except Reborn...^^)

oh yeah... I saw a stream today where the guy was already done with Elite 4 and was hunting for Megastones... confirmed -> no bathing old ladies in Lavaridge Town

compared to the other organizations - Team Meteor is the best in terms of threat to the world. Let us have a little comparison: Team Meteor: They just want to destroy Reborn, they don't care if they have to kill people or Pokemon for their cause.. THAT IS REAL EVIL! Team Rocket: They are Pokemon dealers and thiefs to get money for their cause of world domination. This might have worked out, if they weren't so effin' stupid and tell a 10 year old boy thir plans EVERYTIME... Team Aqua/Magma: They want to use the power of Groudon/Kyogre to extend the Landmasses / Sea to create additional space for a living for Humans and Pokemons... This is very serious, and I would rate them Number 2 in evil-Plan ... again, if they weren't so effin' stupid and not think of the consequences for humans Extending the Sea (Team Aqua) -> WHERE THE HELL SHOULD THE HUMANS LIVE if there is no more land?? Extending the Land (Team Magma) -> yeah... heatwaves, drying sea... NO FRICKIN' Water to live from... Team Galactic: They (or rather Cyrus) wants to create a new universe with the power of Dialga and Palkia, in which Team Galactic (read: Cyrus) rules over everything. Soooooo... yeah... mad, powerhungry psychopath... Team Plasma: They want to seperate humans and Pokemons, so that the Pokemon can be "free"... BY USING POKEMON AS THEIR PARTNERS?!?!?! HYPOCRITES!!!!! also Ghetsis just wants to rule over Unova when there are no trainers left... This is the stupidest of them all... Team Flare: What was their goal again? creating fashionable fabulous world... in these outfits??? *bwahahahahaha* omg they look so stupid... The organizations get more stupid with every generation: so you can take the order of apperance as my ranking... with Team Meteor as number 1

To the Axel/Lea choice: In Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance, he becomes a Keyblade-wielder at the end after Riku is determined a Keyblade-Master. He is at Yen Sids Tower to learn how to wield a Keyblade but couldn't get it to materialize and jokingly puts his hands out saying "There mus be something with a snap of the wrist or something..." *Ziiiiing* Keyblade in hand -> woooooaaaahhhh! (and it looks awesome)

ahaha... here is a clear case of misinterpretation of yours I was referring to Eagleby18 He was reffering to the hackers who hacked the database of the new Pokemopn Bank update

ok... WHY should the Pokemon Bank list Items? (like all the new items from ORAS) The Pokemon Bank can't handle items! It is said so in the tutorial: if you upload a Pokemon to the Pokemon Bank, it will lose it's item because the Pokemon Bank cannot store Item-Information. He got Castform alright -> but no Megastone immediatly... yeah so that means there is really no Mega Stone for Castform? that logic is ridiculous! Well I cought an Abra in X/Y and didn't got a Mega Stone immediatly... I had to search for it! I'm not saying that it is false, and maybe it is true that there is no (new) Mega Stones for those Pokemon... all I'm saying that this logic is flawed as hell!

Prince Arthas Menethil, Prince of Lordearon, first Deathknight to the Lich King and... the Lich King ----> Warcraft 3 + World of Warcraft I like the story of him becoming obsessed with vengance, his soul being torn apart and succumb to the Lich Kings will Rosalina + Luma ----> Mario Series actually... just the Lumas they are sooooo cute... and I started playing Rosalina in Mario Kart Wii because she had a Luma with her... now in Mario Kart 8 I still use her even without the Luma Shadow the Hedgehog ----> Sonic Series He is just pure awesomeness (good thing he never got an own game, right? *suspiciously looking around* November Anabella Terra aka Nova ----> StarCraft Series She's the most powerful psionic human being in the whole galaxy after Kerrigan (who is now technically a Zerg)... She blew up a whole city district (out of desperation) with her powers when she was like 12 years old. GladOs ----> Portal 1+2 this doesn't need a reason, right?