Hellooooo! Welcome to chapter 1 of Pokemon Unova Adventure! Get ready for the most intense saga of the series! This story will be a bit more mature than the others because of the character's age. Budding romance, violence, and many more things that I don't know at the moment will be featured! Now, let's begin!

Gone. That's what he was. Not a single person had known where he had been for the past six months, and he didn't plan on changing that. Not a single one of his Pokemon was with him, for they were all at Professor Oak's. He had never been the same since his crushing defeat, nor did he ever plan on being the same. There was something about the way he lost, not the fact that he did, that changed him. Sure, people would say they would've preferred to lose in a blowout, but losing horribly was the worst way to lose.

"What did I ever do wrong? I made it to the Top 8 my first time around, and then regressed the next two years before finally making it to the championship. Is it my fault? Or was it my Pokemon?"

The teen crossed his arms angrily while staring up at the clouds.

He was in the middle of a forest, one that he had discovered when he was a young boy. The stillness and beauty always seemed to clear his head and relax his soul. This time, however, it wasn't.

"There's something that needs to change, but I don't know what!" he shouted while slamming his fists on the ground. "Why can't I find the answer!"

•••

"You're saying that Owen hasn't been home in almost six months!" a teenage girl screamed. The two parents she was talking to nodded while sobbing horribly.

"What do you think we can do?" a teenage boy asked, who seemed to be slightly older than the girl he was next to.

"We know you two traveled with Owen before, and we think you're the only ones that can find him. Do you have any idea where he could be?"

The two teens looked at one another before turning back to the parents."Yeah, of course," they fibbed, causing the parents to smile and stop crying. "We'll find him soon!"

"Fate, CJ!" a third voice called. The two teens turned before they could walk out the door, and they saw Professor Oak sitting by Owen's parents. "Tell Owen that I have an offer for him."

"Can do, professor."

"Thank you, CJ and Fate!"

•••

"Owen! Owen, where are you?" Fate called out while looking in the woods behind Owen's house. There was no response, so she began to travel farther into the uninhabited land.

"Fate, why don't you send out one of your Pokemon that can fly?" CJ suggested while wiping the sweat off of his forehead. The girl nodded and then threw out a Pokeball.

"Puff, Venom, I need your help!" Fate shouted as her Jigglypuff and Venonat appeared from their Pokeballs. "Guys, I need you to fly in the air and look for Owen because he's missing." The two Pokemon nodded and then quickly took off into the air.

"Leaf, have you found anything yet?" CJ asked his Bulbasaur. The powerful grass and poison type shook his head, and the two teens continued searching for their friend.

•••

"Wait a second, I think I hear something," Owen said to himself as he sat up and looked around the lake he was laying near. Then, he began to hear the sound of wings flapping in the air. Slowly but surely, a Venonat and Jigglypuff appeared in the distance, and they looked down at him before going off towards the way in which they arrived.

"Pokemon don't show up around here," Owen said to himself once again. Quickly, he stood up and began to look around the woods that surrounded the lake, hoping that a wild Pokemon wouldn't attack him.

"Owen?" a pair of voices called, causing Owen to look around nervously.

"Who's there?" he shot back, still looking around for the owners of the voices. Fate and CJ appeared from the woods with Leaf, Puff, and Venom all by their sides.

"Wow! You've… changed!" Fate exclaimed, noticing the physical differences in Owen from the last time she saw him and now. The teen laughed lightly and looked at the three Pokemon that were struggling to recognize him.

"You too. What brings you guys here?" Owen asked, his anger and sadness disappearing instantly.

"Well, we heard you haven't been home in six months. What's that all about?" CJ interrogated. Suddenly, Owen's facial expression turned from one of happiness to anger, and he turned his back in his friends.

"I got beaten down in the championship," Owen muttered, embarrassed by the thought of his battle in the Sinnoh league finals.

"Seriously? That's it? You should be proud you made it that far!" Fate opined. Owen shook his head and turned around quickly while a look of rage was present in his eyes.

"No, I shouldn't. I promised people I wouldn't lose. I let my Pokemon down."

"Your Pokemon are all proud of the fact that you made it that far, Owen. We went to go see them and they all thought that it was their fault. You need to go tell them it's not," CJ ordered.

"Do you really want to know why I'm not going home?" Owen asked loudly, causing CJ and Fate to flinch at the harsh tone. "I watched Janine die because I wasn't strong enough! So I vowed that I'd win the Sinnoh league, but I didn't! So if you're going to try to keep cheering me up, then go away."

Fate and CJ both gaped at the information Owen had just given them about Janine, making them speechless. They then turned to walk away before Fate stopped to speak up once more.

"Also, Professor Oak wanted to tell you that he had an offer or something. But feel free to do whatever you want," she said disappointedly. Owen watched as his friends walked away, and he fell to the ground.

"I think I might have found the answer."

•••

"So he feels guilty? Well that's very normal for seeing someone you know pass away," Professor Oak said to Owen's parents, Fate, and CJ. Everybody in the house nodded in agreement before they heard a knocking at the door. Owen walked through the door, and into the room. His parents quickly embraced him while crying tears of joy.

"We thought you ran away!" both his mom and dad cried in unison.

"Owen, I'm so glad to see you! I hate to rush this, but I have a proposition for you, one that I have already offered. A friend of mine in the Unova region was so impressed with your success at such a young age, that she personally invited you to compete in the Unova region. Now, I completely understand if you don't want to, but-"

"Yeah, I'll go. When do we leave?" Owen asked, surprising everyone.

"Well, you'd be leaving tomorrow morning. Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

"I don't know, but that's why I'm doing it. Anyways, I'm going to go stop by the lab and tell all of my Pokemon that I'm leaving." With that, Owen walked out of the door, leaving everyone with smiles on their faces.

"We'll go pack his bag. CJ, Fate, thank you for all of you've done today," Owen's parents told the teenagers. The latter pair nodded and watched as Owen's parents walked away.

"If you two would like to come along, feel more than welcome too," Professor Oak told the two teenagers. Fate and CJ looked at one another as Professor Oak walked out of the house.

"Should we go?"

And there it is. This was a really difficult chapter to write because of the whole Owen being sad about losing, and that would've taken a solid fifteen or twenty chapters to finish the entire thing. So, the first chapter of Unova is over, and there will be another update in either a few hours today or by tomorrow. Till next time, peace out.

1) What Unova Pokemon do you most want to see Owen catch?

2) What do you think Owen's team will look like in Unova?