Prologue

"Kalii!" a voice sung in my dream, "wake up darling!"

I roll over on my side to see my mother opening the curtains to my room in Pallet town. My mother walks over and sits by my bed

"Guess who left for an adventure a few weeks ago." My mother's soft smile soothed me; her gentle eyes knew I'd be angry.

"Who was it, Mother?" I sit up in bed and stretch my arms.

"Ash…" she said placing her hand on my shoulder.

I leap up in shock, anger, and sorrow all at once. Ash, my best friend left and didn't even say good-bye to me. I had wondered why he hadn't come over and rode bikes with me. We would have so much fun and sometimes we'd visit Professor Oak's lab, where Gary lived and talk about our future adventures.

"Well, you know what this means, right?" I run to my closet, change my cloths and grab my backpack.

"Kalii, calm down. You can wait awhile before you leave. You don't have to leave now!" she runs behind me and tries to stop me or even slow me down.

I rush down the stairs and grab a banana from the bowl on the counter and a bottled water from the fridge. I toss my bag on the table and make sure I have everything before I leave. My mother slowly walks over and pulls my pack away.

"Kalii…" My mother was almost in tears "do you really want to go on an adventure or do you want to follow Ash?"

"Mother! I've been wanting a Pokémon for a very long time!" I walk over and hug her "you should get one too sense I'll be gone." I walk to the door and open it, "will you walk with me?"

My mother smiled and walked out with me and I grabbed my bike and went with my mother to Professor Oak's lab for me to get a Pokémon of my very own.