>Gen 7
>you start your adventure the usual way
>second gym is double battles, you can't challenge the leader without a second Pokémon
>at some point between the 2nd and 3rd gym, you battle a shady-looking NPC
>you win, and they snatch your starter
>you chase the villain team down until ca. the 6th gym to get back your bro, having to rely on low-BST Pokémon in the meantime
>mysterious cloaked character who uses an Espeon and an Umbreon in multi battles supports you occasionally
>before the showdown with the team leader, who has raised your started to its third evo, the cloaked man gives you a snatching device
>he congratulates you after you snatch your starter back, and destroys the team's snatching devices, as well as his own
>rides off into the distance on his hoverbike with his hot gf
game freak pleeeeaaaase ;____;