Chapter 1: "Steph's Rainy Day"
It had finally arrived, the day were Steph would finally embark on her own adventure. She would be able to cross mountains, walk through valleys, sail on the seas, and feel nature all around her as she met new people. But the people and the locations were not nearly as important as meeting and travelling with Pokémon by her side.
Steph was daydreaming as she walked towards her destination, Brightvale Town. With the help of various travelers with their own Tauros pulled carts, she had managed to move from her hometown, Greenrod Town, all the way to Brightvale. There she would choose her first Pokémon and continue on her journey to become the best Pokémon trainer of the Haldoh region. She could already see the town, it was beautiful and small, a coastal town, with a nice beach bordering it. As she walked, she drew from her pocket a small letter; this letter had three pictures of three different Pokémon, the starters of the Haldoh region. The names of the Pokémon were unknown to her, but she could at least tell that they were a Grass-type, a Fire-type and a Water-type individually. Yet; she could not decide on which one.
Steph had always dreamed of becoming a Pokémon trainer. Even though her goal was to become the champion of the Haldoh region league, she would not mind simply enjoying her days around Pokémon. She had chosen to wear short dark green knee-length pants, and a simple white shirt; on her face she had a pair of glasses and on her head she had beautiful long black hair which she kept in place with a small blue pin on the side. She always wanted to show everyone how good she was at anything, but with Pokémon it was a whole new level; she wanted to blow them away with her skill. There was only one little secret, she did not know much about Pokémon battling, except what she had seen on television… but she was willing to learn.
She had arrived at the entrance of town, and immediately ran up to the closest person she could find.
"Excuse me. Where can I find Professor Palmer's laboratory?" she asked without hesitation.
"Well his lab is closer to the shore, at the edge of town." the man responded while pointing to a certain direction.
Steph ran as fast as she could through the town. The town was very small, and the houses weren't located one close to the other, this allowed for a Pokémon friendly environment; Steph saw as the Pityke, gray bird like Pokémon, and Kipat, mouse like Pokémon with bushy tails, ran around the town and flew above the houses.
A sudden chill crept up her spine as she found herself facing the lab. Barging in was what she actually wanted to do, but could not bring herself to do it; she was nervous. After a minute, though, she decided to knock on the door, but at the same moment a boy flung the door open and ran right past her, a Poké Ball was in his hands.
"Stop, thief!" another man ran past Steph, he had a lab coat on and had short red hair, with a short red beard and moustache.
Without much hesitation, Steph followed; she thought that he could be Professor Palmer. The boy had finally seemed to give up, when the man spoke.
"Give me back that Pokémon! It is meant for a new trainer that is coming by to choose her new partner!" yelled the man.
"I couldn't care less." The boy replied with a nasty smirk on his face, "I also want a Pokémon, but you never gave me one. So I'm just going to take it."
The boy played with the Poké Ball within his hands.
"You can't just take it!" Steph yelled, this startled both the man and the boy.
"Who are you?" asked the man.
"My name is Steph, I came here to get my Pokémon" she replied without taking her eyes off the boy.
"Oh! I'm sorry you had to come and see this…I'm Professor Palmer." just as Steph had assumed.
"Alright, I'll give back the Pokémon if the girl manages to beat me in a battle." the boy interrupted the conversation.
"I accept!" Steph answered quickly.
"Well Steph, I only have the last two starters." Professor Palmer reached into his pockets and showed Steph two Poké Balls, without thinking twice she grabbed one of them and faced the boy.
Even though she was mad at the boy, she was still anxious to have her first Pokémon battle. The boy raised his Poké Ball and threw it.
"Go!" he yelled out.
The ball opened and a beam of light poured out, the light came to form a small rodent like Pokémon with red fur and a star shaped nose with squinted eyes.
"So I swiped a Talpint, huh?" the boy seemed rather happy to have picked the Fire-type of the starters.
Steph did the same thing an threw her Poké Ball, the ball split open and the same beam of light formed another Pokémon; a small blue deer like Pokémon with fins for ears and tail came out, Steph knew it was the Water-type.
"Professor, what is the name of this Pokémon and what are its attacks?" Steph quickly asked.
"Its name is Deezle, and it knows Tackle and Tail Whip." The professor told her as she memorized everything quickly.
She was ready now, for her first battle…