Konquering Kanto

Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins—Skylark and the Famous Professor Finally Meet

"Are we almost there?" Grace asked impatiently as Eevee trailed behind her. Skylark was walking ahead with Ivysaur right by his side. With his hat on and staring down at the map, they trudged on through the woods, hoping to end up at Pallet Town before the end of the day.

"You know…I think we're going the wrong way." Skylark said quietly.

"WHAT?!" Grace shouted angrily. "We've been hiking for like two hours now!"

"Well, Pallet Town was in the east. And we've gone…" Skylark checked his PokéGear, which he picked up in the town before he left. "North-eastish…mainly north."

"Did we miss it?" Grace asked, slightly less angry but still tired.

"Nah, if we just go mainly east with a tad bit of south in there…" Skylark unintelligently spewed out. "You know, we should just take a rest." Grace and Eevee smiled happily as they found an area under the trees to sit. Skylark slumped down next to a tree across the trail from Grace, and pet Ivysaur.

As they sat around, Skylark slowly fell asleep. After winning the tournament, he hadn't had much time to rest. Finally being a free trainer, he no longer had to work so hard all the time to win these tournaments. He could train at his own pace. After about an hour and a half, however, a 9-year old boy ran in into the area, tripping over Skylark. Skylark jumped awake, pointing at something in the distance, ready to battle.

A Ratata ran into the area, growling furiously. The 9-year old boy continued running, but soon stopped and looked at Skylark. The Ratata ran forward and tackled Ivysaur, who was asleep next to Skylark. She woke up immediately, whipping Ratata in its side with a Vine Whip. Ratata got up, noticing the power of Ivysaur, and ran away.

The boy stared at Skylark and Ivysaur curiously. Skylark turned around and noticed him. "Hey, who are you?"

"…" He was silent.

"Well…alright then." Skylark said, shaking his head.

"Hey honey, do you think you can lead us to a town called Pallet Town?" Grace asked nicely. The boy nodded and started to walk away, and soon Skylark's group started to follow him. It was about 45 minutes later that they stumbled into town, tired and beaten down by the sun. The boy ran away into a house northwest of where they came out of the woods, leaving them there.

As Skylark looked around, he noticed a large building right in the middle of the town. Walking forward, they read a little sign next to the door. "Prof. Oak's Lab".

"Oh Skylark! We made it!" Grace said happily. "We can rest here!"

"But I want to keep going! According to Roger's map, there's a gym in the town to the north!" Skylark impatiently muttered. "I want to get my first gym badge now!"

"Shut up and enjoy the adventure, Skylark!" Grace replied. Skylark sadly nodded in defeat as he went on. They both went up to the door and knocked, only to get a response from a speaker.

"Hello?" A raspy voice said. "This is Professor Oak."

"Hello, Professor?" Skylark replied. "This is Skylark Declan, I think you knew my father a few years back."

"Skylark?! My, you sound much older! Please, come in!" Oak shouted as he buzzed the front door open. They all went in to a large room, filled with gigantic pieces of technology and monitors. There, a man in a white lab coat greeted them. "My, the last time I saw you, you were at least five or six…" Oak said. The last time Skylark saw Oak was after Skylark's father's funeral. Apparently, Skylark's dad and Oak were good friends.

"It has been a while!" Skylark replied awkwardly, not knowing what to say. "My mom said I should stop by, I'm on my way to travel the Kanto region as a regional trainer."

"Oh?!" Oak surprisingly uttered. "Is that so?" Oak quickly ran over to a desk, where he picked up a piece of red technology. Handing it to Skylark, it turned on and started beeping and making a light turn on and off spastically. "Then, I believe you'll need this."

Skylark stared at the technology, confused. "Sk-Skylark!" Grace interrupted. "That's the PokéDex! You use it to record Pokémon you've seen and caught! Almost every trainer needs one, as it also holds your trainer info."

"Trainer info?" Skylark asked. "Do I need to register?"

"Oh yes! You do!" Oak said as he sat down at his computer and began typing up info. After getting Skylark's name, age, picture and other bits of info, Oak printed out a driver's license looking card, and then slipped it into the PokéDex. On the screen, Skylark's trainer info popped up. "If you ever need to eject the card, it's this button." As he spoke, he also started to type up Grace's info. Giving Grace a card, he sat down in his chair.

"So are we good to go?" Skylark asked excitedly. He was so anxious to get started. Oak frowned. "Well, Skylark, you seem a bit impatient."

"I wanna become the champion as soon as possible!" Skylark replied. "It's my dream, ambition…"

"But don't you want to take time and enjoy the adventure?" Oak asked. "It's a three day hike up to Veridian City anyway, Skylark."

"Three days!?" Skylark shouted. "Then we have to leave immediately!"

"Why don't you stay for dinner?" Oak asked. "I think I have a present for you anyway…and I think you'll wanna take it."

"Well, we'll stay…" Skylark reluctantly agreed. "But can we leave after dinner?"

Later that night…

Skylark was stuffing his face with a delicious steak that Prof. Oak's assistant had cooked, and Ivysaur was chowing down on some PokéBlocks made for grass-types. Eevee had already eaten and walked off, and Grace had just finished eating a small steak and vegetables. Skylark sure had an appetite after walking all day.

"So, Professor, when do you think we'll be able to see our present?" Grace asked humbly, trying not to impose.

"Oh! That's right! I forgot." Oak smiled. Skylark finished devouring his steak as Oak walked over to a room and opened the door. He walked in and called a name. "Abra, come here please!"

A shiny Abra floated over to the door, greeting Oak. "This is the Abra you and your mom had back a few years ago, Skylark." He said. "It's the baby of your father's Alakazam."

"Oh really?" Skylark asked as he got up and walked over to it. Abra noticed Skylark and seemed to recognize him, as he flew forward and tried to hug Skylark. Skylark hugged back, touched by Abra's kindness.

"Yes, Skylark." Oak replied. "And you'll be taking care of him from now on."

"What? What do you mean?" Skylark asked curiously.

"This is your present: You're going to take Abra with you on your journey!"

Hey guys, it's good to be back and continuing this story! I've been so excited this entire summer for it, and I couldn't wait anymore. I was sorta tired with Pokemon until I started playing the 5th gen. It got me so into Pokemon again that I couldn't wait for this story anymore, so here we are, a whole month early! I'll be updating every Wednesday if I can, so stay tuned and follow the story!