Hello everyone, and to returning people, hi again. I've read all of your reviews, and I'm going to make some (minor) plot additions as well as a major overhaul for the romance part and the beginning. So. Review and tell me if this is an improvement!

Rocks are flying everywhere; flashes of red and white are coming from the end of the dark tunnel. It's hard to see anything, hard to breathe. Suddenly the ground is underneath her back, and her chest is tightening, everything is becoming numb and her legs won't move. Then a firm grip is around her and everything becomes black but when she wakes up…

"BEEP-BEEP-BEEP"

Luna's alarm clock blared, signaling it was time to get up.

"Oh shit!" Luna yelled as she shot up from a deep sleep, staying up all night in anticipation for her journey in the Sinnoh region; home. Her skin was sticky from the sweat, and for a moment, she thought she was only seeing red. She shook it off and got up.

She had been staying with her friend Ash since Kanto. They traveled together for quite some time now, though splitting up when earning badges and battling random trainers along the way. They found each other somewhere on the cruise to Twinleaf town and stuck with one another telling about their quest and the new Pokémon all day.

Luna realized Ash was gone when she ran outside half dressed and didn't see his bike. She quickly threw on her skirt, hat and grabbed her new bag along the way. Flustered, she ran in the lobby and threw the keycard to the tiny motel at the owner. Just before she ran to the edge of town—THUD-a very annoying and hyper blonde boy smacked into her.

"Hey, watch where you're goin'!" He managed, out of breath.

"Wha-who…" Luna stuttered, still fazed from the dream.

"You must be new to this town, and apparently haven't caught any Pokémon yet," He said, searching in his bag.

"How'd you know? And who are you?" Luna asked, snappishly.

"My name's Ryan, and uh… here's my weak little Bidoof."

Luna reached for the tiny ping-pong ball sized sphere, "Uh, thanks?" she said, looking at its red and white design.

"Yeah, no prob, it's weak and I already have an awesome Turtwig," he said, running away like he was in a huge hurry.

"Little jerk, running into me like that." Luna thought.

Luna ran to the next town, Sandgem, where she purchased 5 Pokéballs. She then remembered that it was her sister's tenth birthday in a few days, running back into the Pokémart to buy her a gift, which she promptly brought back to Twinleaf Town to deliver.

Dawn was still sleeping, so she set it by her nightstand with a tag on it: from Luna, Happy Birthday, and good luck.

Just as she was going to leave, Dawn woke up.

"Hey, sis, what are you doing home?" Dawn rubbed her eyes and sat up.

"What a welcome," Luna said, annoyed, "I remembered today is your tenth birthday, which means you start your journey today."

"I'm so excited, I can't wait to pick my Pokémon!"

"Well, I might as well give you your presents sometime," Luna said irritated, grabbing the box next to the bed.

Dawn unwrapped it and looked at it strangely.

"What? Those are Lava Cookies and some fresh potions."

"What for?"

"Well, if your Pokémon ever get hurt, you have some backups."

"Thanks. You've always been the best sis ever."

"The only, more like it. I have something else," Luna reached into her bag, taking out a Pokéball. "I hope you'll take good care of him, he's been there for me."

"Sure," Dawn said, taking the Pokéball

"He may not completely obey you for quite a while, since you don't have any badges yet, but it's a start, and he's a rare one around here. He's from Kanto, my first journey."

"Go Pokéball!" Dawn said, tossing the ball on the floor.

A large brown bird popped out.

"Pidgeot!" It called, flapping its wings lightly.

"Now, I'm letting my sister take care of you for a while, you be good, Toegdip."

"Pidge," It replied, nodding.

"Toegdip?" Dawn tilted her head.

"Yeah, I nickname most of my Pokémon. Have fun, Dawn," Luna said, exasperated.

"What happened?" Dawn asked, setting the Pokéball on the nightstand.

"Oh… I just had another nightmare, is all."

"What was it about?"

"I guess I was in a cave, and I was having some sort of claustrophobic attack or something. Then I saw a bunch of red."

"Weird," Dawn raised her eyebrow, "It was just a dream anyway, and you know that."

"Yeah," Luna said goodbye and set off for the next town.

On her way to Jubilife City, she encountered a wild male Starly, level 5, which she decided to catch,

"Go! Bidoof!" She threw the Pokéball in front of her.

A small green turtle with a leaf on its head-at level 8-popped out.

"What? That's a Turtwig!" Luna said, excited. She knew this because of her extensive research starting at the end of her Hoenn trip.

Excited, she immediately told Turtwig to use tackle, which of course, it did.

She had the Turtwig use tackle until the Starly had very little energy left. She then expertly threw a Pokéball at the Starly, crossing her fingers for the button to latch.

"Yes! I caught a Starly!" Luna exclaimed as she picked up the now baseball sized ball. She pressed the button and it shrunk back to its ping-pong ball size.

There was a bench on the side of the road, and Luna took the opportunity to sit down.

"Why do I have nightmares so much lately? I've been on plenty of journeys! I don't see what the big deal is this time… Maybe I'm getting too old to be a trainer anymore," Luna reflected into the Pokéball in her hand and sighed.

Review! What did you think, was it better than what you remember? I know you guys complain so much about the mary sue of my OC, so I'm going to make her flaws more obvious.