-Roman White-
I stand up and look towards the sky. Nuvema Town was so different from my hometown in Castelia City. This is where I was going to get my second pokemon. I already have one, a Cubchoo. But Professor Juniper wants me to have another one. My black hoodie flutters in the wind slightly, revealing my black shirt underneath more. Dark blue jeans cover my legs, and I have black boots on my feet. I have short dark brown hair that would always remain messy. Sitting on the bench was another waiting trainer to be, ready to receive his starter pokemon. He has on gray running shoes, blue jeans, a white shirt, and light brown hair. He has an earing in his right ear, almost identical to the one in my left one. I continue to look at him, and he looks up at me quickly. "What are you looking at?" he asks smoothly.
"I just noticed that you have almost the same earing in your right ear as I do in my left, and it just made me curious." I say, looking away, as his brown eyes had connected straight into my light blue ones.
"I understand, I got this when I was in Humilau city with my father. She said that I was special, and it would give me a rare connection to another trainer one day." he goes at, almost realizing what he thinks this might mean.
"My mother practically said the same thing amount mine." I say, understanding this now. "This is why Juniper wants me to get a starter pokemon. I already have one." I say, shocked.
"You know what, let's just forget this. But you said you have a Pokemon?" he says, changing the subject so simply.
"Yea, I have a Cubchoo." I say, pulling out the pokeball that holds it.
"Cub cub, cubchoo!" it shouts.
The blue ice type cub pokemon sits looking up and the other boy and I. The guys pets my pokemon lightly, admiring it. "You never told me your name?" he says.
"Im Roman, from Castelia City." I say.
"Im Randy from Humilau City" he says.
"Thats so far away." I say, surprised.
"Yea, Skyla brought me here with her plane. It was amazing." Randy says looking up at me.
"Hey guys!" shouts someone from far away.
I turn and see my younger sister Violet, she lived with her mother in Undella Town. Her mother and her where extremely wealthy. She has on jean shorts that had little rips in the front, and a white tank top. Her dark brown hair was in a ponytail with a few bits out and fluttering in the wind. She had a pink backpack on her back, and a white with a pink pokeball hat on her head. She waves at us, practically running at us. "That's Violet, she's a bit energetic." I say to Randy.
"Yea, you know her?"
"She's my little half sister." I respond.
"Hey Roman, whos this?" asks Violet.
I return Cubchoo to the pokeball. "This is Randy, he's from Humilau City." I say, gesturing to Randy.
"That's so cool!" she says loudly. "I'm from Undella Town!"
"Yea, I guess so…" Randy mumbles.
"Hey! You kids must be waiting for the professor, right?" calls someone that I immediately recognized as one of the professors assistants.
"Yea! Do you know where the professor is?" calls Violet.
"Follow me this way." says the women.
We all begin to walk after her as she enters the lab. "Hello! You three must be Randy, Roman, and Violet!" calls a tall women in a lab coat. Professor Juniper.
"Hello professor." I say.
"Roman, glad to see you managed to make it alright." Juniper says.
"Yea, it was a long walk, but Cubchoo made sure none of the pokemon harmed me."
"I imagine its excited to have a new friend?"
"I think everyone here is." I say.
"Let's not waste anymore time then! Time to choose your first partner pokemon!" Juniper says, gesturing to a table with three pokeballs on it.
All three of the pokeballs open on que. On the left, a green snake pokemon with a leaf like tail stand on it hind legs. Snivy. Next to it is a blue pokemon with freckles and a shell. Oshawott. The one farthest to the right was a black and red pokemon. Tepig. "So, who gets to choose first?" asks Juniper.
"Violet should, she's a girl after all." says Randy.
"I thinks that fair." I say.
Violet almost squeals, and immediately steps forward. "I want this cute little Oshawott!"
"Alright, Oshawott, go ahead."
The blue pokemon hops to the ground next to Violet, and the girl grabs the pokeball. "Who wants to go next?" Juniper asks, looking up to Randy and I.
"Randy, go ahead, both are nice to me." I say.
"Thanks man. I choose Snivy then." Randy says as the grass type hops by his feet and Randy grabs the pokeball.
"Perfect…" I say. "I wanted Tepig anyways."
"Then everything has worked out perfectly." Juniper says happily.
"Hey Roman, could he battle." Randy says, glancing at me.
His Snivy perks up after hearing the word battle, and looks excited. "I have a huge advantage." I say.
"I want my first battle to be against you and Tepig."
"I don't think you can refuse this challenge, Roman." Juniper says grinning.
"Alright, I'll do it, but you'll lose." I say, looking at Tepig.
"Maybe not." Randy says.
"You boys have fun, I gotta go and catch some pokemon and stuff. I want to show my pokemon off." Violet says, leaving.
"All of you grab a pokedex, some pokeballs, and your potion on your way out." Juniper shouts as everyone makes their way out.
After Randy and I grab out things and put them all into our bags, we head to the Nuvema Town battlefield. It is smaller than most towns and cities, but the town is also the smallest town I've ever been to. We set down our bags, and our pokemon hop onto the battlefield. We get on opposing sides, and look at one another. "Let's start this, Snivy, use tackle and get in close!" Randy yells.
"Tepig, counter with a ember right before it hits you."
The Snivy jumps and dives right into my pokemons flames. "SNIVY" shouts the grass pokemon.
"Snivy, use your vine whip to get above the opponent!"
The Snivy crashes into the ground, and rolls. Using the momentum, it uses its vine to launch itself right above Tepig. "Use ember on the vines."
The flames hit the vines that Snivy was using to stand up so high, and the Snivy panics and tugs the burned vine around Tepig to stop it from moving, but falls and hits my pokemon. "Tepig, finish this with a ember towards your tail."
The flames connect with the leaf serpent, and it flys across the field. "Snivy, its over!" shout Randy.
I return Tepig, grab my bag, and walk to Randy, who had also returned his pokemon and grabbed his bag. "Let's go to the PokeCenter and eat." I say.
"Yea…"
As Randy and I sit at a PokeCenter table, and food arrives, I look at him and start. "Sorry dude, but I warned you, I had a huge advantage, plus my Cubchoo is way stronger." I say sadly.
"Its fine, Im just trying to figure out how to ask you something…" he says, looking at me.
"Don't be all professional and stuff or whatever, so what is it?" I ask.
"Could I travel around with you?" he asks slowly.
"I mean, do you want to?"
"Why am I asking?"
"Its just, I can't guarantee that you'll enjoy dealing with me all the time." I say.
"I'm so ready to do it, your sorta fun. Besides, we both are going to Straiton City to battle the Gym."
"Yea, I don't know if I'm gonna battle the gyms." I say.
"Why?"
"I don't know what I'm gonna do yet." I say.
"Let's go together then, and I'll help you figure it out. Then you can help me train."
"Sounds like a fair deal…" I grin.
"Let's eat." Randy says.
"I second."
And we eat, our pokemon digging into berries, and both of us eating burgers.
