The Path Less Travelled
Elron awoke with the first light of the sun piercing through the gap of the curtains in his room. The young teen slowly stretched his limbs and sat up in bed, his messy brown hair still showing the effects of a good night's sleep. A quick glance at his alarm clock confirmed that it was indeed early morning, eight thirty to be precise. Normally waking at such a time on a Saturday would lead to Elron dozing straight back off but today was not like any other Saturday, today Elron would start his very own Pokémon journey.
The beginning of a Pokémon journey takes certain preparations, breakfast and a shower being the top of the soon to be trainers list. Elron swiftly dressed into his skinny black jeans, purple hoody and leather jacket, finishing the look off with a new pair of plain white trainers, snatching up his red and white backpack he headed to the door of his house.
Elron paused at the door and took one last glance around his lifelong home, ever since the passing of his parents Elron had lived alone in the house, receiving a weekly allowance from his kindly uncle who had returned to Cinnabar Island when Elron had turned 15. With one last final glance at his home Elron stepped out into the glorious sunshine that was raining down onto Pallet Town.
Pallet town remained the same as ever, the picturesque town had barely changed in all the years that Elron had lived here. A few miles from his home, resting atop a hill stood his destination, the lab of Professor Oak, renowned the region wide for his skills as a Pokémon expert. It was here that Elron would pick his starter Pokémon and begin his very own adventure.
The walk to Oak's lab passed quickly and in what seemed to be no time at all Elron found himself standing at the front door to the lab. Taking a deep breath Elron rang the bell and waited patiently for the old professor to answer. After a somewhat tedious wait the door slowly opened to reveal professor Oak standing framed in the doorway.
Professor Oak stood squinting into the sunlight, his hair a brilliant shade of white, the old professor stood with cane in hand to assist his ageing body.
"Elron my boy" Oak's voice was like a soft gust almost impossible to hear "hear to start your adventure I see, well come on inside and let us begin"
Elron followed the professor who took small shuffling steps towards the door to his lab. Oak led them into the lab which was large and well lit to aid the professors failing sight, a number of computers and shelves upon shelves of worn looking books were scattered all over the room however it was in the centre of the room that Elron found his gaze being drawn too. Sitting atop an old wooden table sat three poke balls. The young trainer felt a fluttering in his stomach upon seeing them. All that was left was for him to choose his starter, without even realising the young trainer had begun moving towards the table his hand out stretched.
"Slow down my boy, before you pick I have something I wish to ask you, something extremely unorthodox in regards to the beginning of a Pokémon adventure" Professor Oak had shuffled closer to the table and was staring at Elron with a piercing gaze.
The sound of the old professor's voice shook Elron out of his daze. "Sure professor how can I help?"
For only a moment there was a flutter of sadness in Oak's eyes before he slowly shook his head, taking a steadying breath the professor turned to the boy and began what to Elron's ears sounded like a long rehearsed speech.
"I am no longer a young man Elron and believe it or not I feel my time has come to retire as an active professor, I will continue to remain at the lab and conduct my studies but my days of actively looking after Pokémon are all but over. You may have noticed that you are the only person here to collect a starter Pokémon. What I am about to ask you has never before been done and I need you to think very carefully on it" the old professor took another deep breath and went on "before you are the three starter Pokémon bulbasaur, charmander and squirtle, each year I give out these Pokémon to trainers such as yourself, however this year you my boy are the only trainer to begin his journey. I no longer have the energy to look after such young Pokémon and for that reason I wish you to take all three Pokémon to begin your adventure with"
Elron stood speechless, had the professor really just asked him to take all three of the starter Pokémon. The young teen stood in silent reflection before a huge smile broke out over his face.
"It would be an honour to help you professor, please accept my thanks for this huge honour"