In the Little Root town of the Hoenn region, two girls, a red haired one and a blonde one, were walking down a dirt road. Both girls had light skin, but while the red haired girl had baby blue eyes, the blonde one had bright green eyes.

Both girls were heading to Professor Birch's lab in order to get their first pokemon and be registered as pokemon trainers.

They soon arrived to the lab where they met the professor.

"And who would you girls be?" he asked

"My name is Rapunzel and she is my best friend Merida" answered cheerfully the blonde girl, which prompted Merida to simply nod at the professor.

"Okay then, follow me and I will show you the pokemon you can choose from" he said before walking off, followed closely by the girls.

They entered a room which had a metal table in the center. On top of the table, there were three pokeballs.

"You may choose either Torchic, a fire type, Mudkip, a water type, or Treeko, a grass type" he told them

"You go first Punzie" said Merida

"In that case I'll choose Treeko" said the blonde

"And I choose Torchic" said Merida

"Merida, I've got great news for you" said the professor, causing her to look up at him "the Torchic you chose is extremely rare, not only is it female but it's also what is known as a shiny pokemon" this caused Merida to take Torchic out of its pokeball and look at it in amazement.

While Torchics were normally orange feathered with yellow tips, her Torchic had its color scheme reversed: its feathers were yellow with orange tips.

"Alright, do you wish to nickname them?"

Rapunzel looked down at the male Treeko she had taken out of its pokeball while smiling "Pascal" she said

Merida looked over her female Torchic, before remember an old legend her mother told her, "Wisp" she said with a small smile.

Birch gave them their pokeballs but not their Pokedexes since he had already been told they would soon go to Kalos by their parents. Saying goodbye to the professor, the girls left with their Pokemon companions.