Daylight peeked through the dark blue curtains and tugged on the eyelids of the now sixteen year old boy.
"Lucas! Wake up!" Called his middle aged mother from the kitchen downstairs. Lucas slowly opened his eyes, and shot out of bed. He pulled on his well-worn blue jacket, his comfy black pants, his red shirt, his normal and rather beaten-up shoes, and his favorite hat.
"Coming!" He shouted as he hurried downstairs. Past his mother's room, where nice furniture and a 32 inch flat screen Television had been installed. Past his father's empty room.
"I wonder what he was like….?" Lucas said his thoughts out loud as he urged himself to remember who his father was. His mother had always said he was so handsome and brave, but nothing else except: "When you're old enough, you'll know. I promise."
"C'mon Luke!" His mother called, stopping Lucas off his train of thought. He hurried downstairs.
Lucas was greeted by the sweetest array of tastes and scents. Blueberry pancakes- his favorite food were on on the table, at his seat.
"Thanks Mom!" He said as he excitedly dug into his birthday breakfast. His mother smiled warmly and said that Berry, their next-door neighbor had wanted to see Lucas as soon as possible on Route 201.
"Oh boy…." Lucas groaned as he wiped his blue stained face. Berry was so full of energy and was never tired. It was amazing how fast he talked and ran too! His mother said his father was the exact opposite of Berry. But Lucas was to embarrassed to ask who Berry's father was, so he never could say that Berry was the opposite of his father.
"You'd better get going birthday boy!" Lucas's mother exclaimed. Lucas hurried along and closed the small wooden door quietly.
Lucas breathed in the beautiful scenery that greeted his eyes as he stepped out into the morning air of Twinleaf Town. There was still traces of white and crystal-like snow from a fortnight ago left on the glistening grass, which twinkled with dew. Even though there was some snow still left, it wasn't very cold.
"Hey Lucas! Happy birthday!" A jogger huffed as he passed the grey eyed boy.
"Thanks Francisco!" Lucas responded. You always got to know everyone in small towns like these. Lucas hurried along the dirt path, and onto Route 201.
"You're late! I'm charging you a fee of 10,000,000!" Lucas heard as he stepped on the rugged dirt path that split into three directions; Back to Twinleaf Town, north to Verity Lakefront, or east to Sandgem Town.
"I wanna visit the lake! Ok hear me out," Berry talked very fast, like he had too much coffee this early in the morning. "We go to the lake and catch the legendary Pokemon rumoured to live there? How about it!"
"Well….. Why not?" Lucas agreed.