Leaf stirred faintly in her sleep. Today was the day she began on a journey of discovery… but right now, she was still sleeping off a long night of discussion with Red.
At least, that was what she had hoped for.
"Morning!" a little creature called from on her stomach.
"Oh… uh… hi… little…"
"I've been called Charmander," the beast mentioned.
"Charmander, huh? Well… can I call you Charry?"
"Might as well. I want to stay with you!" the newly dubbed Charry said, leaping off Leaf, and allowing her to get up.
"I may as well tell Oak I got a start- wait. I have to get to the lab!"
"Lab?" Charry asked, but Leaf was in too much of a hurry. She whipped on her clothes so fast Charry barely noticed her move, and then Leaf scooped up Charry and went downstairs.
"Hey boys. Sorry I'm a little late," Leaf apologised.
"It's OK, Leaf," Red told her, shocking both Oak and Blue. Red never talked: he has only been known to speak in the presence of Leaf, and even then mostly to Leaf. Leaf moved up in line, and waited for Oak to give his speech.
"On this joyous day of… today, three young trainers embark on a quest to learn, to discover, to… Pokémon!"
"I didn't know I could Pokémon…"
"Blue, pipe down. To take your first step, I enquire that you each take on of these three special Pokémon." Oak pressed a button, and all three Pokéballs opened. One revealed a blue-hued turtle: Squirtle. One revealed a greenish thing: Bulbasaur. The third was empty.
"Huh? I could've sworn I had all three…"
"Hello, Bulbasaur, Squirtle!" Charry called, scurrying down to quickly greet them.
"Oh, there's that Charmander. Taking a starter early, Leaf?"
"For the record, it picked me. I was going to say a Pokémon had already picked me as it's trainer, but since it's yours… I choose Charmander," Leaf explained.
"Fair enough. I shall enquire as to how it got into your room in the first place…"
"I never said it was in my room!"
"Of course you didn't. Now… next?" Oak asked, throwing Leaf Charry's Pokéball.
"You go first, Red. You need the choice!" Blue teased. Red scowled, and looked at the two remaining options. Red sat there, eyeing Bulbasaur over for a long time… before claiming Squirtle.
"What?" Both Oak and Blue were shocked. This was the second thing Red had done in the past five minutes that caught them by surprise. Oak went and sat down by a computer, doing something that could honestly be described as checking his heart rate.
"Well… if you want…" Blue said, claiming Bulbasaur. "How about a Pokémon battle? I'm starving for some normalcy in this visit to Gramps' place."
"Who do you want to challenge first?" Leaf asked.
"I want Red. May fight you later on, but Red first."
Bulbasaur and Squirtle reared up.
"Boys, I haven't given you your Battle Rings yet!" Professor Oak exclaimed.
"Battle Ring?"
"You submit what action you want to take place on a wrist-mounted device, and your Pokémon will do it for you. Makes more sense than shouting your order for the world to hear, and your opponent to counter."
"Makes sense." Professor Oak passed out the three Battle Rings to all three of us. "OK, Red. Now it's really time for us to fight!"
BLUE wants to fight!
BLUE sent out BULBASAUR!
Go! SQUIRTLE!
Squirtle got the first move, a Tackle attack. Bulbasaur responded with a Growl attack, which lowered the physical power of Squirtle's moves.
…Honestly, this fight was mostly this, and Bulbasaur using Tackle as well.
Enemy BULBASAUR fainted!
RED defeated BLUE!
"Well done, Red. A good fight." Red didn't reply, per the norm. He nodded.
"Good enough for me." Blue left the room, and Red and Leaf followed.
"Why don't you talk again, Red?" Leaf asked.
"I choose not to say what isn't necessary."
"…Fair enough."
Wild RATTATA appeared!
"Oh, wait. Maybe we should have asked Oak about how we can get more Pokémon."
"Now's not the time. Attack, defend, whatever. Just get rid of the rat!"
Go! Charry!
Charry was ready for tail-whipping action. Well, more like a button-masher than anything.
Enemy RATTATA fainted!
"We really need to look into our long term plans here. How many more Rattata fights do you think you can last?
"Depends on how many use Tail Whip and when, possibly two. You're right. We can't afford to have to many fights."
Even with that less-than-optimistic approach, the two made it to Viridian City. While Leaf healed Charry and Squirtle, Red decided to look around town for some anti-wild Pokémon items. The first, and only real, stop was the Pokémon Mart. The shop proprietor was less than encouraging: he had a package he wanted delivered to Oak, and refused to sell any wares. Red inspected what goods were for sale. There weren't any real repellents: only Pokéballs and various Heals. No Potions.
"Leaf, we may have a bit of a problem," Red stated, meeting Leaf after that detour.
"What is it, Red?"
"Even if we could buy anything at this moment, it would be of little help. All they have are Pokéballs and Heals."
"Hm…"
"But I think we can make it back to Pallet by jumping ledges."
"Professor Oak. Delivery for you!" Leaf called, holding out the package. Professor Oak claimed it, and checked its contents.
"Hey! I don't think I remember ordering this at all, but a custom Pokéball. Joe, can you take this? Anyway, you three are just in time!" Professor Oak was pretty excited. Blue showed up, and Oak elaborated.
"You see, my original intention was to give the three of you Pokédexes, and request that you record data on all of the Pokémon you can find… but I forgot to explain this last time, so hear you go." Professor Oak scooped up the three Pokédexes, and gave one to each of the three. They registered the starters in them, and left at last.
Welcome to the world of Pokemon, where I plan to stay for a good long while. For the seven main series stories, I have all the teams I need planned out... overkill, but unless I want breaks in between (we'll see), this means I won't have to plan another story for a long while.
As for the lack of notes... I was planning on an anime-style questionnaire. Think 'Pokemon Trainers Choice', but from someone who has spent more than five minutes on studying the, what, 718 beasts they have now?
Insert non-necessary Pokemon themed signout here.