Hello everyone. Now if you have read my works before I am sorry for not updating much and starting new stories that I never seem to finish. I guess that's just the curse of creativity. But I would like to try to at least add more to what I have here as well as produce new works. For now here is my newest Pokemon idea (which are the easiest for me to come up with). So enjoy.

The Pokemon League

The Career Starts (Season 1 Episode 1)

"I can't believe I am here." I said looking up a big building. The brick style of the building and its size gave it importance. I looked around at all the other buildings and people around. Some were talking with others, some were looking at some sort of electronic device, and some were playing around with their pokemon. I couldn't believe where I was. I was at the Pokemon League.

Well technically it was called the Pokemon Entertainment League or the PEL. But most people just called it the Pokemon League. Unlike the Pokemon League that happens after you beat gyms this Pokemon League involved having a career based on your pokemon skills. But the league tested you on different skills. It could be battling, teamwork, knowledge based, special skills etc etc. But you had to have the skills to be able to get in. It was kind of like college. You got to live here in decent apartments and then during the week you would be assigned some sort of task during a day. Once again it tested some skill but usually it was based on battling. They even had certain awards for people to show they were the best in some category and you could even lose that award to an opponent. This was the big time for trainers. Even the sessions were aired on a special television program for people to see.

My name is Zane Arrington, 19 years old. I am 5'9 with a slimish build. Dark hair and brown eyes. I was wearing a red t-shirt with a leather jacket over it with jeans. I turned to my right and noticed a three story office sort of building with a sign that said Administration. That was exactly where I needed to go.

Walking in the building I approached the central desk. "I need to find the booking office." The woman there seemed to be in her mid 20's and was typing on a computer.

"Down the hall. Door on the right." She responded without even looking at me and never faulted in her typing. I knew I wasn't going to get anymore from her and decided to follow her instructions. The hallway was a plain white and only offered three doors. One on each side and one at the end, I opened the door on the right and entered.

Inside was a sitting area with another reception area. It was small with there being four chairs against a wall and then another receptionist area. There was another man sitting on a chair and a receptionist behind the desk.

"Hello I am Zane Arrington. I have an appointment." I approached the desk introducing myself when I arrived. She looked up smiling.

"They will be with you in a few minutes. Please have a seat." I looked at the chairs next to the wall and choose one two away from where the man was sitting. He looked up at me smiling.

"Roddy Fabre. I guess you must be new." The guy reached over and stuck out his hand.

"Zane Arrington. You would be right. Brand new here."

Roddy was a well-built man who was a few inches taller than I was. He had short blond hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a green button down shirt and black jeans. He was sitting quite comfortably like he had been through this before. He looked to be my age or maybe a year or two older. Due to his age I wondered if he was brand new as well.

"I am new here as well. First day. Probably like you." Suddenly a woman walked out of the other door in the room.

"Roddy." Roddy stood up from his chair and walked towards the woman. Without a word exchanged between the two then disappeared behind the door.

I waited a few more minutes when Roddy and the woman came back. He waved at me but left without a word.

"You must be Zane?" The woman said to me. I stood up nodding.

I followed her back through the door with lead into a large hallway with a bunch of offices. We kept walking until we got to the third door on the right. She entered into her office (I assumed) and she sat down behind a desk while I took a chair in front of it. The nameplate on her desk said her name was Teegan Findlay. She typed on her computer for a few seconds and then faced me.

"Now Zane Arrington, I am Teegan Findlay and I will be your advisor while you are here. I presume you understand what goes on here?" She asked me.

"Yes I do. I know about the scheduling of battles and the main reasons for being here." It was true I knew the basics but I had a feeling she was going to tell me much more.

"Well then I will tell you some of the more basic rules. You must always have six pokemon in your possession. While we can't always monitor that you will be penalized if you go into a pokemon battle without the requirement amount of pokemon in your party," She took out a cellphone like device and a keycard. "This is your PDA which will be used for you to check your schedule of when your next match is and for you to send or receive messages to all the different people here. It also has other general information you can use while you are here. This keycard is for you to be able to access your room. Your room is 317 in the Denaro Hall," I took the PDA and put it in one of my jean's pocket. I took the keycard and put it in my jacket pocket. "Now you have your introduction match tomorrow which you will find in your PDA of when, what type, and where it is. This match will give you your primary percentage based score and will be your calculator for your future matches. You will be paid 200 dollars a week while you are here which may go up and down as you go on here, win championships, or get other titles. Every Saturday the next week of matches will be uploaded to your schedule so at the end of the day it's a good idea to check it to know how to plan for your week. That is pretty much all for those basics but if you have any questions feel free to contact me. You probably will want to get back to your room and get settled in and then have a look around the campus." We both stood and I shook her hand.

"Thank you I am excited for my life here." I left her office and the building as well. I pulled out my PDA and started looking for a map to be able to find Denaro Hall where I would be staying. I found that it was only two building down and followed the walkway down to where I would be staying.

The whole area reminded me of a large college campus. There were pathways everywhere and lots of people milling around. It was a huge advance in a pokemon trainer's career to be accepted here to be able to showcase their skills. While since I was new I had no idea what I wanted to accomplish while I was here but I knew that as time went on I would figure that out.

I started thinking about something that Teegan talked to me about, the point system. I knew a little bit about it. What it was that in your introduction match gave you points via a electronic scanning system of your battle. The system watched your battle with how well you did during your battle and how well you control your pokemon. With that point total you placed in a percentage and based on your percentage you get certain perks, like being able to request matches with someone or being able to forfeit a match once in a while. It all was about trying to get to the top and be well known.

I got to Denaro Hall and was surprised that it was a four story building that was quite different to the building I was just in. It looked like a standard apartment building you would find in a city except it was much shorter. I had found out during my research that it was one of the smallest housing buildings here. I liked that since there wouldn't be too much chaos or confusion. I entered the building and approached a person sitting at a desk in the lobby.

"Hello I'm new here I am looking for room 317." I asked trying my best to not sound to newish. The guy just kept looking at his computer the whole time.

"The three means the third floor and then just follow the signs to find the 17," Well I guess I wasn't getting more from him. I headed to the elevator and went inside and pressed the third floor button. In a few seconds it opened up into a teal colored hallway. Right in front of me I saw a plaque that stated the room I was looking for was on the right. I followed the hallway down and took a left turn and a couple of doors down found the room I was looking for. I took out my keycard and swiped it through a device next to the door which immediately clicked opened the door. Pushing it opened I was quite surprised.

Inside I was greeted with a nice looking living room. It was small like you would see in a college dorm but it was quite luxurious. The walls were painted a light green color. There was a three seated couch along the back wall and a Tv hanging on a wall opposite the couch. On the right side of the room was a kitchen area and on the right were two doors which led to the bedroom and bathroom. All in all it was quite nice room to be living in for my career here.

I realized that the only other thing I had to do today was to look around and find out where places were. I decided to check up on my schedule on my PDA. I took off my belt which had my pokeballs attached to them and placed them on the table in front of the couch and sat down. I took out my PDA which looked like an ordinary cellphone with a touchscreen. Turning it on it brought me to a normal screen that had the logo for the Pokemon League which was just red lettering of PEL. There were a few of apps on it. One was a map, another was a messaging system, another one was match watching system and finally one was labeled schedule. I touched the schedule app and up came a calendar for the month. I noticed that the day after today, a Tuesday, was colored differently than the rest of the days. I assumed that meant there was a match for that day. Clicking on the day I was brought to a new screen that looked like a notebook page and in it was a line stating I had my introductory match tomorrow at 10:00 in the morning at the Scarlet Stadium. Turning off my phone I realized there wasn't much left for me to do except walk around the campus. Standing up and putting on my belt I exited my room.

Outside was just as busy as ever and I could hear an explosion and a battle happening at a nearby stadium. It was exciting and there were a couple of people who were watching battles happening on their PDAs, some were talking to other people and even some were playing with their pokemon. It seriously was quite fun for everyone. Plus it was quite inclusive. While you had to be at least the age of 18 you could enter in at any age and there were people from my age to people who looked like they were in their 80s.

Best of all though you developed friendships and rivalries here naturally. One day you could have battled someone who you connected to and became fast friends and the next day you could be beaten badly by someone else and made it a mission to get them back. For some their ambitions made it easier to make friendships or rivalries. For a lot of people who watched the matches at home it was easy to become addicted to watching your favorites win or your not so favorites lose. It was like reality TV but not scripted and had a huge following all the time.

I looked across from where I was and saw a circular large building called Centralize Dining Hall. It was a clever name for a building since it was actually in the center of the campus. I crossed the walkway and entered the building where I was greeted with a large dining hall area with seats everywhere and there between six and ten fast food restaurants where all different kinds of food was served. I walked through to one of the shops and ordered a bagel with cream cheese. After a few minutes my order was given to me and I looked for a place to sit. After a few seconds my eyes fell on someone sitting alone and decided to walk up to them.

"Can I sit here?"

The man sitting at the table looked up and smiled. "Be my guest" Roddy Fabre said back. I sat down across from my first and only friend here. I wasn't sure how it was that we kept running into each other but I didn't mind.

"So how are you liking your first day here?" I asked being polite since there wasn't much to talk about with someone who hadn't been here at all.

"It's quite nice. I'm actually excited for what I am about to do here," He stuck a fork into his salad and took a bite and swallowed. "I have my introductory match tomorrow at Scarlet Stadium at 10 in the morning," He grinned excitedly but I became frozen. He immediately looked worried. "Did I say something wrong?" I quickly recovered and slightly smiled and stuck out my hand.

"Well then pleased to meet you Roddy, I'll be your opponent tomorrow in your match," Roddy looked confused but started laughing while shaking my hand as well.

Maybe it wasn't going to be so bad.

Thank you for reading. Tell me what you thought of it and if you enjoy the idea that is going into this. I will try and make it as entertaining as possible since I would like for it to be done on a day by day basis although each chapter won't be a day. Well let's see how it will go. Thanks for reading.