I have good news and bad news,the good news that is that i caught my first shiny!it was a GOLD golbat,i evolved it into a crobat alrady(it turned pink)and i had been trying to catch a claydol in sky tower,when the first pokemon i ran in to was the golbat,it took me 4 months and a pokemon emerald.THE VERY BAAD NEWS.when i saw it i paniked and i umm,used my master ball.tell your first shiny and the game u found it in first.o ya when you trade a shiny pokemon in D/P does it stay shiny?