"Finally! Today is the day I get my pokemon!" Brennan

raced out of bed and to Birch's lab. He arrived there in an

orange jacket and a shirt with green stripes, and saw two other

trainers. They held pokeballs in their hands, and Birch

introduced them as Daniel and Sydney. "Hi! I'm Brennan!" said

Brennan with a smile. They replied cheerfully too, with smiles

on their faces. "So what's left for me?" asked Brennan, who

knew the professor only had 3 pokemon starters. "Come and

see for yourself!" was Birch's reply to Brennan's question.

Brennan held the remaining pokeball in his hand, and sent the

pokemon out.

"It's a treecko!" exclaimed Brennan "Just what I wanted!"

As Brennan walked out into the main room, there stood Daniel

and Sydney, with their pokemon Torchic and Mudkip.

"Mudkip!" "Torchic!" "Treecko!" the pokemon shouted with

excitement. "Well, I'll be off on my journey!" Daniel said, and

ran out of the room with excitement. "Me too!" Sydney ran off,

leaving Brennan alone in the room. "Well, that means I should

leave too." Brennan walked out the room, grin on his face.

Brennan was walking down a bright green grass covered

hill, pokeballs in hand. "I'm so excited! I can't wait to catch me

a pokemon!" said the brown-haired Brennan. "YEAH!" a sudden

shout emerged from within the trees and bushes beside the

hill. Daniel emerged from the vegetation, with 2 enlarged

pokeballs in his hand. "Daniel? What are you doing here?"

Daniel was a 10 year old with perfect jet black hair, nice black

eyes, and perfectly tanned skin. He wore a green t-shirt with

blue jeans, and a belt with pokeballs stuck on it. Brennan

questioned. "Um… I'm on my pokemon journey? Catching

pokemon?" came the reply. "Oh. Yeah sorry." Brennan tried to

cover up his mistake, to no avail "Anyway what did you catch?"

"A shroomish. Torchic put up a good fight, didn't you buddy?"

"Torchic!" Torchic sat in Daniel's arms, slightly bruised and

tired, but standing strong nonetheless. Daniel was a 10 year old

with perfect jet black hair, nice black eyes, and perfectly tanned

skin. He wore a green t-shirt with blue jeans, and a belt with

pokeballs stuck on it. "You wanna travel together?" Brennan

asked. "Sure! Why not? It's always better with company!"

Daniel replied. As they strolled down the hill, they talked about

pokemon, pokeballs, and what they wanted to do. Daniel

wanted to be the Champion of Hoenn, and Brennan wanted to

simply participate in the League, just for fun. "So apparently,

we both have to challenge the first gym leader in the nearest

town, Roxanne of Rustboro City." Daniel said, in a matter-of-

fact kind of way. "And I don't suppose you know the type she

specializes in?" Brennan asked. "Actually, I do. She specializes

in the rock types, giving water types like Mudkip type

advantage." Came the swift reply from Daniel. "Alright! Let's

start training, so we can challenge the Rustboro Gym leader

Roxanne! Yeah!" Brennan shouted with enthusiasm.

END OF CHAPTER 1