Disclaimer: Pokemon does not belong to me. It belongs to Nintendo (probably). I swear to god though, if it did Dawn would be right along side Ash traveling Unova.

Dawn of a New Age

Chapter 1: Start!

Rays of light rose past the mountains filling the air with warmth. Dew sparkled and cast light all around the grass as the sun started to light up a small town . A nice house lies near the edge of the town allowing it plenty of space for a brilliant garden. The front is surrounded by a white gate while the back allows the garden to merge with the nearby forest. A sign in front of the house on the road reads, "Twinleaf Town- Berlitz Residence- Route 201 -"

"Dawn!" called a voice,"You're going to be late if you don't wake up!" A blue haired girl bolted up from the bed she was lying in. "That's right," she thought. "Today's my tenth birthday which means today's the day when I start my journey to become top coordinator just like my mom!"

She lept out of bed and ran to her mirror. She spent some time brushing her hair and her train of though turned to which Pokemon she wanted to have for her partner. "Man, oh man, which one should I pick? I can't believe I still haven't decided." She decided it could wait for later when she still couldn't decide after 5 minutes of carefully brushing her hair. She sorted though her closet to find something that would be comfortable to travel in and picked out an outfit. It consisted of a white undershirt and a minidress. The minidress was mostly black but near the skirt part a zigzag cut the black off and the rest was colored pick. As she pulled her clothes on she started thinking. "Sinnoh can be pretty chilly sometimes, can't it?" She then pulled out a nice pick scarf, keep her warm in the cold, wasn't too hot in the sun, and was the latest fashion trend in Twinleaf. Even the guys wore it. Then she got out a pair of long black socks and some pick boots and stuck them on. She went to look in the mirror. "Something's missing," she thought. Then she saw her white beanie placed one of her bed posts. She grabbed it, placed it on, and looked in the mirror. "Perfect," she thought while smiling to herself in the mirror. She couldn't help herself after all. She had anticipated this day ever since she saw her mother on an old tape. Her mother had preformed in countless amounts of Grand Festivals, traveling through numerous amounts of regions. When Dawn had seen the amazing combinations her mother pulled off, she new that she wanted to do that. She wanted to make her Pokemon shine. She pranced around her room imagining the contests she would be in. In fact, she would have missed getting her Pokemon entirely if a voice hadn't called out.

"Dawn, breakfast is ready."

"Coming mom," and she dashed down the stairs.

She walked into the kitchen and was greeted by her mother sitting at the table sipping some coffee and a stack of pancakes. Her mother's Glameow came out from under table and brushed past Dawn's leg affectionately and purred.

"Mreeoow."

"Morning Glameow, Morning mom."

"So, have you decided which Pokemon you're going to get for your started yet?" the woman asked. She resembled Dawn, but looked older. Also her hair didn't go straight down and instead curved out to the side while ending at her shoulders. Her name was Johanna.

"Not yet mom. They all seem like such great choices!" She sat down at the table and looked at the postcard sent to her by the famous Professor Rowan. It showed not only how to get to his lab in Sandgem Town, but also the 3 Pokemon rookie trainers could pick for their partner. There was a small red monkey who had a fire going for a tail. Then there was a turtle with two leaves on its head. Finally was a small penguin which seemed to be wearing a cape.

"Chimchar the fire type, Turtwig the grass type, and Piplup the water type," Johanna noted. She nodded approvingly before continuing. "They'd all make a fine choice for a beginning trainer." She looked over at Dawn's plate. "First though, your going to have to finish you breakfast or you won't be in any state to get to Sandgem Town."

"Right." Dawn then speared a couple of pancakes onto her fork, covered them in maple syrup, and quickly finished them.

10 minutes later

"Mom, I'm leaving!" Dawn yelled .

"Hold on a minute," her mother said. She walked up to the enormous suitcase Dawn had in front of her. "What's this for?"

"Those are all my outfits. I thought these would all look great, so I decided to bring them to wear during my contests."

"Dawn," sighed Johanna. "Do you seriously think you'd be able to lug this to the next town, much less though all of Sinnoh?"

"..."

"Take this instead." Johanna handed Dawn a small yellow backpack. "I've packed in it a spare set of clothing and your pajamas, some food, both human and pokemon, water, your comb, mirror, and a small tent."

"Mom, that's barely anything. What am I suppose to wear for my contests?" Dawn whined.

"Most trainers don't even get tents so be grateful I managed to find one that could be compacted enough to fit in you pack. Also, I can send you your contest outfits when you need them."

"Couldn't I take out the tent for other things?"

Well if you're find with sleeping outside in the wind, rain, snow, along with all the other wild Pokemon, then sure, I don't care."

"Nope, I'm fine," grumbled a slightly annoyed girl. She slung the pack over her shoulders and hopped onto her bike.

"Well, I'm off then." said Dawn and she started to pedal.

"Wait." said Johanna. "Take this." She pressed a ribbon into her daughter's hands. It was dusty and tattered, but none the less, a contest ribbon.

"Mom, isn't this?-" Dawn started.

Johanna finished the rest of her question. "My first contest ribbon? Yes. I'm letting you have it as a good luck charm."

Dawn stared at the ribbon. It was her mother's first. It was the start of everything for her mom and probably for her too. For her mom to give this to her, she must really trust me. She smiled and said, "Thanks mom. I'll give it back to you after the Grand Festival."

Then she started riding and when she got far enough away started waving back to her mother and yelled, "See you soon mom." Unfortunetly while looking back and waving, her bike hit a rock and she lost her balance. She almost crashed but luckily regained her composture and cried out, "No need to worry!"

Back at the Berlitz resisdence, Johanna shook her head and silently thought to herself, "And that's when I worry the most."

And that's the end of Chapter 1. This is my first story I've ever submitted so please do give me advice and pointers. Also I don't have a program that automatically finds mispelled words or any to edit this so you're due to find many spelling mistakes.