The first shiny I encountered was a shiny Piplup when I started a new game without erasing my old game in Pearl, which meant I couldn't save. I was so crushed. D: I was in Mexico at the time, alone with my dad in the car. When I went all happy then mopey, he was all like, "Que the pasa?" (What's going on with you?) I was all like, "Nada, solo algo que me paso en mi video juego. ;-;" (Nothing, just something that happened to me in my video game.)
However, about a week later, my Gastly chain near Hearthrome was broken by a shiny Bibarel. of course, I would have much preferred having a shiny Piplup than a shiny Bibarel, but it was my first shiny I managed to snag, so I was on cloud nine.
- Kat