Tara gazed up at the clouds, petting a whimsicott. As she looked upon the clouds they changed into whatever pokemon she was thinking of. There, that was a growlithe. "MEEP MEEP MEEP." Startled, she quickly stood up, causing the whimsicott to scatter. She glared at a flock of mareep, thinking one of them had made the sound. She had just decided to go down there to tell them to stop when she heard a voice say "come on kiddo, time to wake up!" Tara awoke from her dream and battled to stay in it. "Are you awake yet? It's 8:30 all ready, time to get out of bed!" The voice continued. Tara, having lost the battle to stay in her pleasant dream, kept her eyes closed, pretending to be asleep. Why did she have to wake up so early? Her mother, for that was who the voice was, ripped the covers off Tara. She groaned and rolled into the side of her partial bunk bed. Opening her eyes she tried to blink the sleepiness out of them and sat up. If her alarm couldn't wake her, getting her blankets ripped off of her and rolling into some wood sure could. "Come on into the kitchen when you've woken up then." Tara's mom joked. "Oh, and don't forget to get dressed, wouldn't want to get your starter in your pjs!" This last bit her mom added woke Tara up (almost), completely. Opening her eyes widely to rid the sleepiness from them momentarily, she climbed down the ladder and took a look at her desk, it had her book bag on it and some pokemon cards. She walked over to the book bag and stretched one of the elastic bands her mom had sown on to hold her pokeballs. She then rifled through the small stack of pokemon cards and slid them into a pocket of the book bag. Tara turned to the door and stepped into the hallway to get some clothes. They kept Tara's dresser there do to lack of space in her bedroom. She got out some gray sweatpants, a simple t-shirt that had a skitty on it and a light blue hoodie. After putting these clothes on, Tara walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Her mom looked up from the newspaper and pushed a plate that had a chocolate chip pancake and some strawberries on it towards Tara. "I'm assuming you'll need some syrup?" Her mother remarked. Tara nodded, unable to say anything with a mouth full of strawberry. Her mom stood up and took a jar of maple syrup off of the shelf and passed it to Tara. "So, any idea what starter you'll choose?" Her mom inquired. Tara swallowed and poured some syrup onto her pancake. "Not really, treecko's cool and so is mudkip, but torchic is a bit overrated in my opinion." She answered and took a bite of her pancake. "Well then, you better leave soon, wouldn't want to wait until the pokemon center got some more starters from the professor's lab, now would we?" Her mom stated. "Okay, Mom, let me finish up breakfast first though!" Tara shoved the rest of the pancake in her mouth and swallowed(after chewing, of course.). She ran out the door, taking in breaths of the fresh air of Dewford.