SP1 I remember that day as if it were yesterday, even though it was more than a year ago. So I hear some people ask, "what is this that you remember as 'yesterday'?" For those of you that asked, it's really very simple.

The day I turned 10.

And that's only the introduction^_^

The day I turned 10 was a day of sunshine (considering my birthday is usually the first day of spring), a day of happiness, a day where flowers bloomed and buds appeared on trees. They all looked as pretty as the Butterfrees looking at them. At noon I was to get a pokemon from Professor Oak. Too bad I couldn't catch the Butterfrees^_^.

I went into Oaky's lab (Oaky was what I called him). He was standing there, glaring at a picture of a Rattata like he had died open-eyed staring at the picture. I went in and just to clear his empty mind out I said, "Hello? Professor Oak? Earth to Professor Oak?" He finally shook his head and woke up. "Oh hi, uh, Steven?"
"My friends call me SP."
"Oh. Anyway, you can pick from four pokemon. We have Pikachu, the electric rodent. Bulbasaur, the seed pokemon. Charmander, the fire lizard. Or Squirtle, the water-squirting tinyturtle. Pick whichever one you like."
Should I take the Pikachu? Nah, too puny. The Bulbasaur? Too aggresive. The Charmander? No, I could be burned. So I had nothing to do but choose Squirtle.
"Very well, then," said Professor Oak, and handed me a pokeball with a picture of a teardrop on the front. He handed me a tiny little license card thing and something representing an info book, except it was for pokemon it had a name, Dexter. "Take your trainer's license and pokedex and have a good journey."
"I will," I assured him, walking out the door. Now I was ready for my first day of training.

Wasn't I?

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