Hi there, Caitlind!
It's great that you've got back into the Pokemon games, even though (my opinion) the previous games are far better then the more recent ones. The only thing better thing with the newer ones are the graphics.
You could battle some of us now at the Pokemon Showdown server -
http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/~~pokecommunity/lobby - which is a great Battle Simulator!
Welcome, anyway! c: