Pokémon X and Y: First Timers

Chapter 1: Well… This is awkward.

The living room is a quaint little place in the house. A television sits on a dresser in the corner, two identical couches facing it. A window, closed with the curtains drawn is on the left. If it was open, two figures would be seen running up the driveway. One is tall and femininely slim. The other, a male, reaching the lady's shoulder is of stocky build. Turning back into the room, there is a rectangular coffee table. On the top of this light brown table is a large round bowl, filled with blue stones that clash with the brown painted walls. There are another two items on the table. One is a red and black (box-like in shape), while the other is blue and black. They are 3DS's.

A door opens on the bottom floor, and then slams shut. Voices echo through the house. Soon after, footsteps sound up of walking up the stairs. The two figures from outside emerge into the room from the stairway. The younger boy rushes over to the red 3DS and scoops it up. As he sits down onto one couch, his sister walks over and picks up the blue 3DS. She takes a seat down on the other couch. For a few moments she watches as her younger brother struggles to open the package of his new game. She holds out a slim hand.

"Do you want me to," she asks, referring to the game's package. Her brother hands it over rather reluctantly. She quickly undoes the plastic wrap and hands it back.

The boy, twelve years old, and his sister, sixteen years old, start up their gaming consoles. Both click on the Pokémon game, the boy Pokémon Y and the girl Pokémon X. As their games start up, the sister turns to the brother.

"So, you know the rules," she raises her eyebrows.

The boy rolls his blue eyes, "Of course. You've only gone over them five different times."

The girl's face scrunches up, "Well, sorry. For that, I'll go over them again."

"Ugh," the boy shakes his head and watches the starting video.

"We both start at the same time," his sister leans on an armrest and stares at the boy, who is obviously ignoring her. "We both choose our starter at the same time. We both take or first steps together," she flicks her brother.

"Hey!"

"I've been waiting for you to get your game before I would play mine," she says impatiently. "Now pay attention."

"Fine," the red-brown hair boy stares unhappily at his sister, hoping she is going to wrap it up soon.

"We take our steps first steps together, then, um, ah what was it… Oh yah! Whoever beats the Pokémon league and champion is officially the winner."

"What do we win," the boy raises an eyebrow.

"Besides bragging rights," her blue eyes stare, telling him that he should know that there should not be anything else added.

"Yes," the brown-red hair bobs as he nods.

"Okay, um," she pauses to think. Her eyes drift to the title screen. "How about one free Pokémon? Any one the winner wants that we have at the time."

"Sure," they shake hands and position themselves on the couches with their consoles in hand.

"Ready," the brown hair girl asks.

"Ready," the boy agrees.

"Then let's go," the both smile as they touch the screen to continue.

...

Ow, my head, the girl thinks. She raises a hand to her eyes, finding sleep in the corners. What? I thought I was starting playing Pokémon with Alex. Why is it so dark?

Blue eyes flutter open, but one would never know as it is black. The girl sits up at the same time her brother wakes up.

"Oh," the twelve year old groans as opens his blue eyes. What happened? Last thing I remember was starting the game. Huh? Where's Sienna?

"Alex," a girl's voice shouts through the darkness. "Are you out here?"

"Sienna," the boy calls back. "Is that you?"

Before any can say anything else, a light turns on. It illuminates the center, allowing the siblings to see each other. The sister goes to stand in front of her brother as a man appears in the center of the light.

The man has black hair that swirls around one side of his face. He stands tall, taller than the 5'7" girl standing in front of her brother. He is wearing a lap coat over casual clothing. He stares at the two siblings, smiling. It is an involuntary smile, though. Something that makes the man's looks more robot than human. This makes the girl suspicious.

He outstretches his hand. Some small, ball shape falls into the hand. He speaks, causing the older sister to tense up, "I am Augustine Sycamore, the Kalos region's very own Pokémon Professor."

Metaphorically, the ellipsis mark (. . .) appears over both siblings' heads. The boy is the first to clue in. An exclamation mark metaphorically appears.

"Hey sis," he tugs on his sister's arm. "I think we're in Pokémon."

His sister raises an eyebrow, and then shakes her head. She states, "This has to be a dream." Seeing her brother's face fall, she continues, "But that doesn't mean we don't have to enjoy it."

The two turn back to the professor in expectance. They wait, and wait, and wait… and wait.

"Hello," the girl snaps her fingers. The boy waves his hands around in different motions. "Are you going to say anything?" The girl reaches out a hand, only for it to bounce off of an invisible field.

"Hey sis," her brother asks, pointing to her left wrist. That was the one to bounce off the wall. "What's that?"

On her wrist is a watch, except it is not. It goes from her wrist to halfway to her elbow. There is a screen in the middle, a rotate selected part on the left with styles to the left of that, and four buttons on the right (labelled X, Y, A, B).

"It looks like the bottom of a Nintendo DS, without the select or start button," she says, trying to take it off. "It won't budge," she frowns. Something catches her eyes, causing her to grab the boy's left arm. "You have one as well!"

True to her word, the boy has a red one. He grabs back his arm, accidently hitting the A button.

Both turn as the professor clicks and toss the ball from his hand. A Pokémon with antlers, reaching 2'11", with white, green and black fur, and orange hooves, emerges. The two stare with open mouths at the new Pokémon.

"This world of ours is widely inhabited by creatures known as Pokémon," the professor says, causing the two to snap towards him as the Pokémon gives its call.

"So now you feel like talking," the boy says, rolling his eyes. He stands beside his sister, "Now we're getting the famous professor speech huh?"

The professor says nothing, just stares with that never fading creepy smile. Hesitantly, the girl presses a button on her wrist. Both blink in shock as a painting materializes on their left. They gaze at it, not noticing the professor and Pokémon disappearing.

"These mysterious creatures can be found in every corner of our world… Some run across the plains, others fly through the skies, and others yet swim deep in the ocean… We live together with these Pokémon, lending our strength to one another to live and prosper." The professor reappears to the left of the painting. They gaze, the boy hitting the A button.

Two mirrors appear in front of the siblings. Both take a step back in shock.

"Let's get started with some quick questions… Are you a boy or a girl?"

The girl twitches at that and turns to glare, but the professor has disappeared again. She turns back to the girl in the mirror who is most surely NOT her. This girl has blonde hair, instead of brown. She is wearing a black shirt, tucked into a red skirt. Nothing against skirts, the girl thinks, but I really hate wearing them. The mirror girl is wearing long black socks and black thick shoes, which the real girl has admittedly wanted for a long time.

The boy stares his reflection. His brown-red hair is now black and he is wearing a cap with glasses. Glancing at his sister's reflection, she is as well. He feels the top of his head, nothing but hair. The mirror is wrong. His mirror is wearing a carrier bag, as his sister's mirror has a side bag. He is wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, black socks, and black shoes. This person looks the same age as himself, not ten years old like it is supposed to be.

"I'm a boy," he says out loud. His mirror changes into a billboard with three pictures of faces. His sister follows, saying 'girl'.

"I want red hair and blue eyes," the boy whines. There is a blink as a fourth face appears under the middle. "That's it."

"Brown hair, blue eyes," his sister mutters. They smile at each other and press the fourth new face on their own billboards.

"Oho," The siblings do a 180 jerk around as the professor appears behind them, "I see. Would you tell me your name?"

A bleep comes from both wrists as a word pad appears on the screen. The siblings take their styluses and write.

"Alexander," the boy says, showing his sister.

"Would you rather be called Alex," she says typing down her nickname.

"Um… Nah, I'll tell them to call me that if I want them to."

"Xena," the sister says, pronouncing it zee-nah.

"Why not Sienna?"

"Call me that if you want," she shrugs. "I would rather be called my nickname. I feel weird telling people to call me that."

"Alright sis," they press enter on the pad.

The professor disappears again and they turn to the billboards-turned-mirrors.

"So it's Alexander, then? Did I get it right?"

"Yes," answers Alexander. His reflection gives him thumbs up.

"So it's Xena, then? Did I get it right?"

"Yes," she whispers, her reflection smirks at her.

"Alexander… Xena… Très bien! What fantastic names!"

The professor reappears to their right. A force pushes them forward towards the professor and the golden light being produced from behind him. Xena falls to her knees as her brother falls on her. He tumbles forwards and she log rolls a few times. The professor keeps his calculated, chilly gaze on them.

"Alexander and Xena! Your adventure begins now! You are about to enter the beautiful Kalos region! Go and meet many Pokémon and people and fill your life with rich experiences!"

"What is your problem," Alexander demands, stumbling to his feet. The two don't see their A buttons pressing as the field pushes them forward.

"Alex," his sister yells as the boy disappears into the light. She has to pass the professor before entering the light. On impulse she lifts a fist and slams it into his cheek.

Inhale "-" before she can say anything, she is sucked into the light. For her and Alexander, everything goes white, and then black.

Ever so slowly, after they have left, the professor raises a hand to his cheek. No words are thought, but pain registers in his mind as he presses his cheek. There is a flash through his lifeless gray eyes. There for a second, and then gone the next. The professor disappears along with the room. He reappears hours later, waiting to for the player to come to Lumiose City. The new found bruise is now forgotten.

...

A tiny bird, known as a tiny robin Pokémon flies through the house. Its orange-red head and baby blue coloured body is a streak as it goes up the stairs. It stops at the top, pausing at the two doors. There shouldn't be two doors. It goes back to default and takes the door on the left, waking the room's occupant.

"Ahhh!"

Thump.

:::

Xena takes a deep breath, enjoying the peace in the room. No cars zooming by outside, no brother stomping around next door, no anything. The peace is a beautiful thing.

"Ahhh!"

The sudden noise causes the sixteen year old to jump and, literally, fall out of bed. She gazes around the unfamiliar room, which almost everything in it is pink. Even her television is pink. This is the only thing that needs to be here to let Xena know that this isn't her room. She banned everything pink from her room since the 'Gumming Incident'.

Quickly grabbing the only small not pink item, a Wii remote, she rushes out of the pink room and into the hallway. She notices the door across from her room is open a crack. She pushes out, only to have the tiny robin Pokémon fly into her face. The knee jerk reaction to swat it happens, but thankfully she doesn't hit it. It flies away with a 'cheerp' like chirp. Almost instantly forgetting it, she flings open the door. In shock, her mouth drops and she gasps at the sight before her.

:::

Alex is going to get up. At least that is what he keeps telling himself. He has been trying to bring back the dream that is slowly fading. It had something to do with a lab coat, and maybe something about a tree…

It was a big surprise when a cheerp sounded in his room. Alex frowns in his daze. Why did my alarm go off? I was sure I turned it off for the weekend. Just as he is about to turn and click off his alarm, he is hit in the side.

Because the attack was unexpected, he acts like one normally would. He jerks awake with an, "Ahhh!"

Thump, the sound rings through the walls from the other room, but Alex is more focused on the bird flying around his room, and then out his door. Then he takes in his room; it is very blue, very, very blue. He looks at his pyjamas, which are also very blue. Seeing a mirror, he walks dazedly towards it. He stands in front of the mirror, and the watch on his wrist beeps. He doesn't hear the door open behind him, or the gasp from his sister as he presses 'change clothing'. He blinks and is suddenly in the clothing from the dream, which all comes back to mind.

"So we are in Pokémon," Alex hears a female voice behind him. He turns to see a brown hair, blue eye girl staring at him. She is wearing his pyjamas, pink. If they weren't pink, he would have thought it to be his sister. "That is you, right Alex?"

"Who are you," Alex demands. The girl starts, and then narrows her eyes. She raises a Wii remote accusingly.

"You didn't forget about your sister already, did you?"

"Sienna," he hesitantly asks. The girl nods, "But you can't be her, you're wearing pink! She hasn't worn pink sin-"

"Not by choice I haven't," the girl spits out. She looks disdainfully at her clothing. "And don't bring that up. I'd rather forget about it."

"But you looked hilarious in bubble gum," Alex cracks up at the image of his sister with bubble gum stuck to her hair. "We never did figure out how you did that." Sienna twitches an eyebrow. Alex sobers up and continues, "So, that wasn't a dream, huh?"

"I guess not," his sister shrugs. "I'm going to go change. I can't say I'm not excited to start this adventure."

Sienna leaves, allowing Alex explore his room in silence. He finds a Wii U, something they weren't allowed to have in real life, a Wii remote, a huge television, some books that have nothing in them, a picture frame with no picture, and a PC that had a note saying 'this was from dad'.

"Do you have a PC as well," Sienna asks, walking in and fixing her newly on hat.

"Yes," Alex shows her the note.

"If you press X on the watch and it will come up," she explains and does a demonstration. "It's like a 3DS, except instead of a screen we are living it."

Alex proceeds to press the save button. He checks out the options button, switching the text speed too fast.

"I wouldn't do that," his sister warns.

"I'll do whatever I want," he sniffs and goes back to the options menu. He changes the text speed to normal again. His sister rolls her eyes in amusement. A very minor thing causes her to squeal in excitement. Her brother, thinking it is something bad, quickly looks around the room, "What?"

"I'm wearing running shoes," said girl drops to the floor to hug her leg. After a few moments she notices her brother's silence. She looks up to see his apathetic face. "What?"

"Nothing," he is quick to the reply.

"You have them on as well," she points to his shoes.

"Well, ya. Why wouldn't I have running shoes?"

"Because normally one wouldn't get running shoes until way later in Pokémon," she pauses. "You know if, we are in Pokémon."

"I'm hoping I'm dreaming," her brother says. "That way I haven't been kidnapped. That would explain why you've taken this so well."

"Oh, don't get me wrong. I am freaking out," she stands up and brushes off imaginary dust. "But I'd rather be in crazy land then pretend this is a dream. Why not just go with it?"

"Because then you admit you're crazy," he points out, "or you develop a case of Stockholm Syndrome."

"Oh, big words. Besides, I already knew I was crazy," she walks over to the doorway. Pushing it open further to reveal the hallway, she motions for her brother to follow. "And how can you develop Stockholm Syndrome if you don't know who captured you." She pauses," well I guess you could say the game captured us."

"Where are you going," Alex glances nervously as his sister walks out the door.

"Downstairs, to get this adventure going," another pause, "and to find something to eat, I'm starving."

At 'food' Alex's stomach grumbles. He reluctantly follows behind Sienna as they walk down the stairs.

And they walk.

And walk.

And walk.

And wal-

"Why are there so many stairs," Sienna groans. "I'm not this physically active."

"Says the girl who is excited about running shoes," Alex mumbles. Sienna doesn't hear him, or if she does she chooses not to listen, and walks sluggishly down the stairs.

"Fin- huff -ally," Sienna huffs out at the bottom. Alex rolls his eyes at her dramatics. The sporty boy doesn't realize that she really is out of breath. They hear a sound, sort of like an exclamation mark, and turn to see a woman walking towards you.

"Morning Alexander, Xena," she greets happily. There is a robotic tone to her voice that only Sienna catches. The girl looks at the woman suspiciously while the boy gawks at her pants. "You sure slept well! All rested up from the move?"

"Wait," Sienna whispers puts out a hand to stop her brother from pressing A.

"I thought you were the one who wanted to move on with the adventure," he says crossly.

"Excuse me," she ignores her brother. "Who are you?"

The woman doesn't answer. The two even check their watches, but nothing comes up.

"Where did we move from," Sienna tries to ask again. The woman doesn't answer again. While Alex is getting strange, the brown hair girl frowns in thought. She sighs, "Okay, you can press A."

He does just that, causing the woman to talk again, "It's about time you got going!" A button. "Why don't you step out and say hello to the neighbors?" With another A button press she turns and walks away like nothing happened.

"…" The sister blinks. "I think I'm going to go out and say awk-ward."

"More like creepy," Alex takes a good look around the house. "Hey! There's that bird that crashed into me this morning!"

They both walk over to it, Sienna's stomach grumbling lightly. The Pokémon moves every five seconds or so. On impulse the girl sticks out her left arm and presses the A button.

"Cheerp, Cheerp," the Pokémon goes.

"Ah," Alex jumps back and covers his ears. With a groan he hangs his head, "That noise is going to give me nightmares.

"It's alright Alex," says his sister, rubbing his head. "It's only the Pidgey of the game. We're only going to encounter it, oh, let's say in route two and three. Maybe even four if we're lucky!"

"I don't feel better," Alex shudders. His stomach growls loudly, causing his sister to giggle. "Come on, let's get something to eat."

"Let's ask the woman," Sienna gives a small smile. "You try it, just point and press A."

Alex does as she says, and the mother turns towards them with her creepy mechanical smile. "Don't wake up Rhyhorn, okay?" she says.

"O-kay," Sienna draws out the 'o' as her brother presses A. The woman turns back to whatever she was doing. "So, who is Rhyhorn? Does she have that Pokémon?"

"Speaking of which," Alex nudges his sister. "Which Pokémon game do you think we're in, X or Y?"

"Good question," she flicks up one finger. "Another question, if your rival or whoever is supposed to be the opposite gender of you then who is our rival." She flicks up another finger. "And another one, did you look at any walkthrough or let's plays before we came here," she flicks up a third finger.

"I don't know and no; I tried to keep this as much as a surprise as possible."

"Then we're screwed," Sienna shrugs.

"How can you say that and be so calm!"

"Because this is kind of exciting, besides the whole meeting people and having strangers challenge you to battles of course."

"Oh, right. You don't do so well with new people, do you?"

"Nope," she pops the 'p'. As she talks, she looks around the kitchen for food. "All though, if what I think is true then I won't need to do any talking."

"What do you think," Alex, now curious, gazes at his older sister's back.

"That everyone here, besides you and me, is a program," she explains, not noticing her brother's jaw drop. "That explains why they don't answer our questions and why we have to press A to get them to talk. I think the only thing we have to do is press this," she holds up her left arm while digging through a cupboard, "to decide yes or no."

"Found anything," Alex chooses not to touch that subject.

"Hold on… Aha," Sienna pulls out a cracker box. She takes a peek inside and sighs. "I guess even this woman has a problem with shopping. Here," she hands Alex the box.

"What about you," he asks unsurely.

"I'll be fine until we find something," she stifles a stomach rumble. "When you're ready lets head out side."

A few minutes later Sienna is scrapping the box under the kitchen sink. "Are you ready?"

"Yep," Alex shifts his hat and hair. "Let's get this storyline started."

Sienna opens the door… to find three people turn and look at them. One is a girl with blond hair and Sienna's exact outfit. Another is a boy with black hair is the same outfit as Alex. The last is a medium size girl with long brown hair tied up, a pink shirt with black bowties and short black shorts.

"Welcome to Vaniville Town," the two wearing the same clothing as the siblings say at the same time. Again, at the same time, the girl says "My name's Serena. I'm your neighbor," and the boy says, "The name's Calem. I live next door."

The siblings at the door blink once, twice, thrice, before Alex asks, "So are you two siblings?"

A silence falls as all three stare smiling at Alex and Sienna. Both siblings feel the awkwardness, but don't choose to say anything. Instead, Sienna snaps first and says, because there is nothing else to say, "I like your outfit."

Again there is awkward silence. Alex finally gets that he is supposed to press A. He does and the third girl speaks up.

"And I'm Shauna! Great to meet you," the girl says with over enthusiasm.

By force of habit, Alex and Sienna say, "It's nice to meet you too," and, "Great to meet you too."

Sienna, feeling smaller by the second of the silence, presses her A button.

Shauna continues, "Guess what! We've come to get you!"

… Both siblings deadpan. Sienna whispers to Alex, "Is it just me or did that sound like they're going to kidnap us?"

He nods, "Definitely kidnaping."

Sienna presses the A button. The two neighbors speak at the same time again.

The girl says, "The esteemed Professor Sycamore lives here in the Kalos region."

The boy says, "The renowned Professor Sycamore lives here in the Kalos region."

"… Is it just me or do those two love the creep who asked us if we were a boy or a girl," Alex asks.

"Nope, it isn't just you," Sienna says before pushing the A button to move on.

Again, they speak together. The boy says, "I heard he has a task for seven kids, including us." While the girl says, "I was told he has a request for seven kids, including us."

"Is it just me or is this getting really creepy," Sienna asks out loud. "I mean seriously, get to the kidnapping already."

"Hush," Alex snaps. "I want to get these twins speech over with as soon as possible."

Together, Calem and Serena say the next thing.

Serena says, "But I'm a little surprised he knows who you are. You did just move to Vaniville, after all."

Calem says, "But I'm surprised he knows who you are. You did just move to Vaniville, after all."

"Does anyone else here think the creep professor is our father," Sienna whispers to her brother. "But that would make it really awkward since he didn't know our gender."

Alex chokes on a laugh, years of manners kicking in and stopping him from being rude. He presses the A button next.

This time Shauna speaks, "We'll wait for you in the next town over!" If this was an anime, Alex thinks to himself, then she would have sparkles around her. "And you know what?!" Sienna presses A. "We're going to get a Pokémon!" She presses A again. "C'mon! Hurry! Let's go!" Alex presses A and the three turn and run away. Sienna runs over to the wall as she sees brown hair go by. She watches as they open a gate and leave.

"Okay," Sienna nods as she walks back towards her brother. "I'll admit that was very weird."

"Extremely weird," Alex corrects. "So, are we going to follow them?"

"Might as well," Sienna mutters. "We get a free Pokémon out of this."

"Hey, what is that?"

Alex rushes over and jumps on the giant rock as Sienna turns to see what he is talking about. She gulps at the sight of the giant, sleeping Rhyhorn.

This is awesome, Alex thinks. I forgot you could ride Pokémon in this game. I wonder what would happen if I kick his sides like a horse.

"Alex," Sienna's voice warns of using caution. "Please get off the sleeping Pokémon. Remember what the woman said."

"Party pooper," the boy mumbles as he slides off.

"Please," his sister rolls her eyes. "I've wanted to ride a Pokémon probably longer than you have. I am just a bit hesitant to ride a Pokémon that isn't too bright and can shatter skyscrapers."

"He can really do that," Alex asks a little skeptical. Sienna does notice the hint of excitement in his voice.

"Yes, so please get off of him or her."

Alex sighs and slides off.

"Now, let's go talk to some of the villagers," Sienna says, smiling and running off of the short property.

"I think you're more excited for this then I am," Alex sighs as she motions for him to follow. "I just want this adventure to be over." And it hasn't even started, he adds to himself.

"Come on Alex," His older sister yells with new energy. "Let's have some fun in this wonderland!"

Alex smiles, I guess I might as well enjoy it, "Coming Sis!" It can't be forever. I'll wake up eventually. He jogs after her, a smile on his face.

And so the story begins.

...

The woman in the house stands in front of her kitchen counter. She doesn't think, doesn't move. In fact, she shouldn't even be standing there now that she is the only one in the house. The inside of the house shouldn't even be there. They are gone.

Why did we move, she thinks to herself. Then there is no more thought. She goes back to being a non-playable with no feelings and no thoughts. The only difference is that she is still there. She stands there as the Rhyhorn outside sleeps and has a dream for a few seconds. Then, all is right in the game world as no one thinks besides Alexander and Sienna.

A/N: Hi. So this is my first story and I swear the title has nothing to do with it. One thing led to another and voila, a plot line immerged. So I hope you enjoy it. I'll try to post often, but when the holidays hit I'll have no time. There will be a side story to explain some things. Like the 'Gumming Indecent', which is 100% made up. I don't have a problem with pink, but Xena does.

Two things real quick: if the nickname is being used, that's me trying to do the point of view of that person. Secondly, and probably the biggest, I have never played X or Y. I'm using all the information I get from the web and friends. I write chapters as I watch the let's plays. So please no spoilers.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon in any shape or form. All rights belong to the respected owners.

I do own Sienna (Xena) and Alexander (Alex). Please don't steal