Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon, I'm just a big fan like all of you. Now with that out of the way onto the story.

Varos Pokemon League Story

1. Beginnings

"Go Swampert, use ice-beam."

"Dodge it Dragonite and use hyper beam."

"Swampert is unable to battle, the winner is Jacob and Dragonite."

"And there you have it folks, once again Jacob successfully defends his title and is this years Pokemon League Champion."

I cheered loudly as I watched the final match of this years league on TV. Jacob had been my favourite to win right from the start since he had been champion for the last three years running. Looking at the Pidgey clock on my shelf I realised it was much later than I had thought. I had a big day ahead of me tomorrow and I would most likely need a good nights sleep. I turned off the TV and was asleep by the time my head hit the pillow. My dreams were full of thoughts of the adventure ahead of me. You see I was to start my pokemon journey tomorrow. I had been putting it off until I graduated from high school and finally it was about to start. Waiting so long to start my journey meant that I was a few years older than most other trainer when they started theirs. I was eighteen to be exact.

Suddenly my dreams of pokemon glory were interrupted by a loud screeching sound and I was wide awake and flailing about trying to turn off my alarm. Through the sleepy fog I noticed it was 9:30am, I must have slept through my first alarm, I was late. Jumping out of bed I ran to the bathroom for a quick shower and then got dressed. I wore a pair of loose baggy jeans and a black t-shirt. I rubbed my face and considered shaving off the little tuff of blond hair on my chin but decided I hadn't time.

Rushing downstairs and grabbing my hoodie I ran straight for the door.

"I'm going to the professors lab and then to Kim's, I'll be back in about an hour or so for my stuff, mom." I yelled as I rushed out the door.

Professor Hawthorn's lab wasn't far from my house and so took little time to get there. Upon arriving at the lab I noticed a middle aged man standing in front of the large white building. It seemed the professor was waiting for me.

"Well, better late than never. How are you this morning Marcus?" the professor asked as I approached him.

"I'm fine professor thanks for asking. Sorry I'm late I was watching the finals last night, Jacob won again." I explained.

"Not to worry my dear boy, we have plenty of pokemon still. You missed Ms Sullin by about five minutes by the way."

"That's ok I'll catch up with her later, we're going to be travelling together anyway."

The professor then led me through the large building to a room full of machines and pokeballs, most likely his main lab. In the centre of the lab there was a table and on which sat a tray containing a dozen or so pokeballs.

"There are quite a few pokemon here to choose from Marcus so take your time. If you want to know what's in each ball there is a list beside the tray."

I took a look over the list to see what there was but already knew what pokemon I wanted. Reaching out I took a pokeball from the middle of the tray. It was about the size of a baseball, with red on the top half and white on the bottom, at the centre where the two colours met was a button. I tossed the ball in the air and when it landed it produced a white light that quickly formed into a pokemon. It was about a foot or so tall, had bright blue eyes, a long tail with a small flame at the tip and deep orange skin.

"Char, charmander." It said happily as it looked up at me.

"Ah, a Charmander. A strong fire type. This little guy has been pottering around the lab for a few weeks now and I think you're the first person it hasn't run away from in all that time." explained the professor. "You'll have to take good care of him, ok."

"Sure thing professor. I cant wait to get started now."

"Hold on a second Marcus, I have something for you." The professor called as I turned to leave. He produced a small red devoice from one pocket and five minimized pokeballs from the other.

"This is a pokedex. It is like an encyclopaedia of pokemon. It will tell you everything you need to know about them, it also records the location of any pokemon you scan with the camera so that I can study their habitats."

"Wow, thanks professor. I'll make sure to scan as many pokemon as possible along the way."

"One other thing, I was asked to give this to you."

The professor then produced another pokeball and handed it to me.

"Your brother had this sent over from New Star Ranch for you. Apparently his luxray was the mother."

I tossed the ball and out came a small cat type pokemon with black and yellow fur, golden eyes and a star on the end of its tail. It was a Shynx, but normally they were black and blue. Noticing the confused look on my face the professor explained that some times pokemon are born with a different colouring. This was referred to as a shinny pokemon. They tended to be a bit more powerful than there counterparts.

Saying my thanks and goodbyes I made my way out of the lab and started towards Kim's house.

The walk to Kim's house was very uneventful. I couldn't wait to show her my new pokemon and was just as excited to find out what she had chosen. Coming into view of her house I saw Kim sitting on the porch steps waiting for me. She had shoulder length black hair, pale blue eyes and a great figure (not that I'd think of her that way, she's like my sister), she was also about five foot six, making her roughly eight inches shorter than me.

"Hey, hurry up." She shouted as I began to jog towards her.

"So, did you get yours yet?" she asked.

I produced the two pokeballs from my pocket and showed them to her. She gave me a quizzical look when she noticed I had two and she only received one. We released our pokemon simultaneously. From Kim's pokeball emerged a small alligator pokemon. It had blue scales with a yellow v shaped pattern on its stomach, bright brown eyes and red spines down its back.

"So you went with a Totodile in the end?"

"Yeah, I decided to try out the water pokemon. My dad had one when he was a trainer and so I thought I'd give it a whirl. I see you stuck with your plan and took Charmander, but who is this little guy?" Kim asked as if Shynx was a baby to be cooed over. To add fuel to that thought Shynx did a full turn on the spot, yawned and curled into a ball and fell asleep.

"Shynx here was a gift from my brother. His luxray was its mother."

"Well he's adorable."

Not liking being left out Charmander made a face and what I assumed was a "hmp" of annoyance. I gave him a broad smile and rubbed his head.

"So if you have your stuff ready we should head on over to mine. My dad is going to give us a ride as far as Honeyfields village, after that we're on foot."

"Sure just let me grab my bag." Kim ran back into her house to say her goodbyes and get her bag. I decided I'd best return my pokemon to their balls before we left. Returning them both I put the pokeballs into my pocket. I'd get a holster belt as soon as we got to a pokemart. Suddenly one of the pokeballs seemed to jump out of my pocket and open by itself. Out came Shynx staring at me as if it was a child I had just put in the corner. Trying to return it again ended in the same results.

"Do you want to walk with us, is that it?" I asked.

"Shynx." It cried happily.

I took that as a yes and put its ball away just as Kim emerged from her house.

"All set, lets go." She said leading the way.

It took less than five minutes to walk to my house, in that time I explained to Kim about Shynx's colouring. She seemed even more envied than before but said nothing.

As we entered my house my mom was waiting for us. We showed my parents our pokemon and sat down in the living room while my mom went to retrieve her camera. Sitting on the chair across from us my dad regarded us with a large smile.

"You know your brother told us he was going to give you Shynx just the other week. I wanted to give it to you the day you received your trainer card but he wanted you to wait until today. He said your journey didn't begin until you had chosen your first pokemon."

Just then my mom returned with her camera. She proceeded to take pictures of us and our pokemon. I knew this was hard for her, my brother had left over four years ago to start his journey and now I was leaving on my own.

"Before you go. Your father and I had some money transferred to your trainer account just to get you started until you start winning some battles. Kim your parents did the same for you, so the two of you should be ok for a couple of weeks." My mom was nearly crying at this point.

I gave her a quick hug and said thanks to both of them and my dad led us out to the car.

Authors Notes:

Well chapter 1 down, I'm pretty happy with this as a start but if any of you notice any mistakes or have any ideas that might make it a better first chapter let me know. I wont please everyone but I'll consider any suggestions.