As I walked home with my friend, Nick, we were both thinking about what starter Pokemon we were going to choose when we started our journeys together. I mean we were getting them in a month so it was natural we were thinking about this, like most kids our age do.

Nick was undecided on who he was going to choose. Me on the other hand, I knew I for a fact I that I wanted a Totodile. My older brother had gotten a Totodile and raised it to evolve into a Feraligator and entered the Johto League with it. I wanted to have the same experiences as him with a Totodile.

Just then I saw a black-haired trainer wearing a black vest with a deep red undershirt and black skinny jeans. His hair was spiked up like he had a huge ego, walking with a Totodile at his side.

"Excuse me, is that a Totodile you have there?" I asked him as I bent down to check the water-type out.

"Yeah, why do you care?" He replied.

"Oh, I just wanted to get a better look at him, I mean this is the starter Pokemon I'm going to pick." I replied trying to shrug off his rudeness.

"Heh, either way your Totodile will never be as strong as mine." He said as he waved me off and started walking away. Totodile quickly followed.

"We'll he was a jerk." I said as I watched him walk away.

"Don't worry about it." Nick said as he started walking home again.

I caught up with him and I asked him what's been bothering me for a while. "So, have you picked your starter yet?"

"Not sure yet." He replied

Our conversation was cut short by the fork in the road that separated our streets that we reached everyday walking home.

I walked into school and saw Nick who was looking sad. "What's wrong?" I asked him.

"I'm moving to Kanto next week." He said sadly.

Well, there goes are plans of traveling through Johto together.

"Why?" I asked.

My dad got a job in Pewter City working with fossils. So to get my starter Pokemon, I'll have to ride my bike all the way over to Pallet Town." He replied.

"Well look at the bright side, at least you can meet the famous professor Oak."

"Yeah, I guess." He replied glumly.

It's been 3 weeks since Nick moved away to Kanto and today I'm getting my very own Totodile.

I stopped and took it all in. I looked at Prof. Elm's laboratory, where I would get my first Pokemon. Where my journey would begin.

I broke into a sprint to the front entrance and shouted "Professor Elm, I'm here!" out of excitement. I kept running and Prof. Elm seemed to open the door at just the right time because I ran straight into him, toppling both of us over. I got up quickly and helped him up. Then I got a better look at him. He had huge bags under his eyes, his hair was spiked every which way, and his glasses were majorly slanted. All this indicated that he had gotten no sleep the night before.

"Uh, Professor Elm, are you okay?"

"Unfortunately, no. Two of the starter Pokemon escaped last night and I have no idea where they've gone."

"Which ones escaped?" I asked hoping Totodile would still be in the lab.

"Totodile and Cyndaquil were the ones who escaped, Chikorita is still fine in it's pokeball." He replied.

My hopes shot down when he said that, "Well do you need any help looking for them?"

"Uh, Officer Jenny is alread-" was all I heard him say as I started running down the walkway and down the road.

"Don't worry Prof. Elm, I'll find them! Besides it would be great bonding time for me and my new Totodile!"

I kept my eye open for anything as I walked down the road. As I walked by the public pool I saw a small blue bipedal reptilian like creature. "A Totodile! That's gotta be the one Prof. Elm was talking about."

I opened the gate and started walking slowly towards the Totodile. As soon as I got a good distance from him I crouched down and approached him. "Come here, little buddy. I'm gonna take you back to Prof. Elm."

"Tote!" Totodile jumped off the diving board and used Headbutt on me and landed in the water. I fell down and got up as fast as I could.

"Hey! What was that for!?" I shouted angrily.

The water-type just jumped out of the water and ran behind the pool shack. I ran after it but when I turned the corner Totodile was gone. Where could it have gone. I thought to myself. I looked over to a field and saw a black figure moving around frantically.

When I got a better look at the figure I could see it was black with a beige underbelly. "Oh, so you're a Cyndaquil." I approached him and he backed away quickly, obviously scared. "I'm guessing you're the one who escaped from Professor Elm's lab aren't you?"

"Hey! Don't touch that Cyndaquil! That's my catch!" I turned and saw the same kid with the black vest and red undershirt with the Totodile that I had met from about a month ago.

"You!" We both said simultaneously.

"I said don't touch that Cyndaquil, I saw it first!" He demanded. The little Cyndaquil had hid behind my legs at this point.

"Sorry, but this is Professor Elm's Cyndaquil and I'm not let-"

The kid cut me off and said "Wait that's a starter Pokemon?"

"Yes." I answered.

"Forget it, a Pokemon as weak as that isn't worth my time." He waved me off just like he had done before. My anger got the best of me this time and Nick wasn't here to stop me.

"Hey, who are you to say how strong this Pokemon is!?" I got in his face and spat a little.

"It's a starter Pokemon, meaning it's low leveled and a Pokemon like that would be a waste of time for an experiences trainer like me." He replied as he stepped aside and started walking away again.

"What a jerk." Was all I could say as I watched him walk away. I turned to Cyndaquil, who still looked a little scared, and smiled a little. "Don't worry little buddy, I'll get you back to Professor Elm before you know it."

"Quil!"

"And then I can get Totodile and start my journey!"

Cyndaquil and I had made good progress towards Professor Elm's lab until we heard an explosion. I turned my head and saw a tank following us. The tank had the build of an average army tank except it was smaller, completely black except for a red R in the front.

Two figures pooped out of the top. One was a female with blonde hair wearing a black short top, black skirt, and black boots. The male was wearing The same thing except for a long sleeve shirt and pants.

"To deal the world with-" The male was cut off by the female.

"Cut it, Biff, remember what happened last time we said the Team Rocket motto."

"The name's Butch, Cassidy!"

"Hand over the Cyndaquil kid! Or else there will be trouble!" Cassidy threatened.

"What, who are you?" I was confused to what was going on.

"He would've known who we were if we had done the motto." Said Butch.

"Shut up, Butch!" Cassidy yelled. "Hand over the Cyndaquil now!"

"I'm not giving anything to the like's of you!" I shouted back. Cyndaquil had gotten behind me again. I could feel it shaking because it was holding onto my legs.

"Fine then, Houndour, Bite!" Cassidy commanded.

"Run Cyndaquil! Go find safety!" I turned to look at it. "I'll hold them off go find Professor Elm. Now!" I shouted. I turned around to face the oncoming attack. "I won't let you take Cyndaquil!" I closed my eyes and braced myself for the attack but it never came. I opened my eyes surprised to see Cyndaquil standing it's ground in front of me. Houndour was knocked out in front of it.

Cassidy recalled Houndour. "Biff, send out Hitmontop!" Cassidy demanded.

"Go, Hitmon-" Butch was cut off by Cyndaquil.

"Quiiiillllll!" Cyndaquil had sent out a powerful Ember attack on duo causing the tank to explode, leaving Cassidy and Butch lying on the ground. They quickly got up.

"This not the last you've seen of Team Rocket!" Cassidy shouted angrily. She and Butch turned around and ran away.

I stood there motionless and speechless, not believing what just happened in front of me. "Cyndaquil, was that you?"

"Quil!" It nodded as if saying yes.

Who knew so much power could be in such a little creature like that.

"Well Cyndaquil, let's get back to Professor Elm's lab."

"Well Joey, I see you found Cyndaquil." Professor Elm greeted me and Cyndaquil at the door.

"Yep, and you're not gonna believe what happened today." I replied.

"Well I was able to find Totodile in a nearby pond, do you still want it as your starter Pokemon?" Prof. Elm asked.

I looked at Totodile, it growled at me and I was reminded of what happened between us I turned to look at Cyndaquil who was still by my side, it looked up at me and cooed. That made me smile.

"Actually, I think I'm going with someone else as my starter." I extended my arm towards Cyndaquil.

"Quil Cynda-Quil!" It squealed and ran up my arm and took a place on my shoulder.

"I had a feeling you would pick this little one. Here's his pokeball." Prof. Elm handed me a ball that was red on the top half and white on the bottom half.

"His?" I asked.

"Yep. Cyndaquil here is a boy."

"Well Professor Elm, it's getting late and I better be getting home and get a good night's sleep before I start my journey. I'll see you." I walked out the door and looked to Cyndaquil who was by my leg. "Come on, there's someone I want you to meet!" We ran off away from Prof. Elm lab towards the sunset.

Well, that's my first chapter of my OC story and first fic ever. Tell me what you think.

If you want to send in an OC just leave it in the reviews or send me a message. I'm not sure where i would put them yet though.

OC Setup:

1. Name and (optional) Last Name

2. Team (1 Legendary limit) and keep it between Kanto and Johto Pokemon. (I don't want the characters to know about the other regions yet, although Joey will know about another region for a reason though.) Keep the moves reasonable (ex. Blastoise learning Blast Burn is a no no. A charmander knowing Blast Burn is okay though,)

3. Character appearance

personality

5. Pokemon Personality/Props

6. (optional) Character's main partner