Chapter 1 I choose You!
It was the day before the biggest day of his whole entire life. Will Thompson had dreamt of being the best Pokémon trainer the world had ever seen. It was 11:00 o'clock at night and he was still anxiously waiting for the morning to arrive. The three starters were very different this year than from previous years. The three Pokémon given were as follows: Growlithe, Eevee, and Exeggcute. Being very conflicted, he had decided to pick the starter Pokémon upon meeting them. As he slowly started drifting away into a deep slumber, he noticed the television was still on. The aspiring Trainer went to turn it off and noticed the screen showing a Pokémon Battle between the best trainer in the World, Ash Ketchum battling against his longtime rival, Gary Oak. They were down to their last Pokémon which coincidentally was both their starters, Pikachu and Umbreon. The Battle raged on with many different counters to the oppositions moves. Both Pokémon were beginning to tire with each move they used. Ash called out to Pikachu for it to use Thunder. While Gary called for Umbreon to use Hyper Beam. A Massive explosion followed the collision of the powerful moves. As the dust started to clear, Will Thompson passed out from pure exhaustion.
Upon waking up to the ringing sound of his alarm, he jumped up and immediately started to get ready for the ensuing journey of his life. He had not even noticed that he had forgotten to turn his alarm off. Before he was able to get out of the shower to turn it off, his father burst into the room and turned the alarm off. His son emerged from the bathroom with a huge smile on his face before noticing his dad's face of disapproval after remembering that he forgot to turn his alarm off.
"What have I told you about waking me up this early in the morning, Will." his Dad said.
Will sheepishly replied "I completely forgot about it. I'm just very excited to be starting my journey today."
His Dad assured him that it was all good and told him that breakfast was ready. Will ran downstairs to quickly devour his pancakes that his Father prepared for him. He hugged his Father on the way out of the house and headed to Professor Oak's lab.
His Father shook his head and called out to his son "You forgot your clothes."
Will looked down and noticed that he was dressed in only his underwear. He quickly sprinted back to his house, but not before his new neighbor caught sight of him through her bedroom window. She blushed at the sight of him in his underwear. He made it back to his house and got dressed in some blue jeans and a red hoodie. He told his Dad that he would be back after he got his starter. He sprinted off to the lab.
Upon arrival he was bumped into a dark haired girl.
"I'm so sorry" she said.
"I think it was more of my fault then yours" Will said "Nonetheless My name is Will."
The girl replied "It's nice to meet you Will. My name is Sarah and I just moved here from Celadon City."
"Are you here to get a Pokémon as well?" Will asked.
She replied "Yeah, I haven't decided which one to get though."
"Me either" said Will "We will just have to figure it out once we get in there."
They both sprinted to the doors of the lab. They calmly strutted in to the research facility and looked for Professor Oak. He was in the back of the lab with another young boy. The duo walked up to the renowned Researcher. Upon approaching, the young boy was recognized as one of Will's friends/Rival, Red.
"Oh, hey Will." Red said. "And who is this?"
Sarah responded "My name is Sarah and I'm here to get a Pokémon."
"OK well let's see who gets what Pokémon." Professor Oak said. "We will let Sarah decide which one she gets first."
"Can we see them first" Sarah asked.
"Of course" the Professor answered.
As he let the Starters out of their poke balls, Will decided which one he would like to get out of the three.
Sarah exclaimed "Eevee I choose you."
She knelt down in front of the doglike Pokémon and pet it.
"Red it is now your turn to pick which one of these you would like" Oak said.
"After thinking long and hard on which starter is the strongest for the first few gyms, I choose Exeggcute." Red decisively said.
He took the egg Pokémon's poke ball and returned it. This left one more Starter for Will and luckily it was the one he had wanted. That means he would get Growlithe for his first Pokémon. He knelt down to the Orange dog and petted it. Professor Oak gave the three aspiring trainers their pokedexes. The trio then thanked Professor Oak before leaving and headed to their houses. Before they was able to leave the facility, Professor Oak called the three new trainers back to tell them to come by his house after they received their 4th gym badge to go to his associate in Celadon city to receive a reward for their efforts. The three agreed and went on their way to each of their own homes.
Will continued toward his house before he heard footsteps right behind him. He turned his head to see Sarah.
"Oh hey I didn't see you there." Will said.
"Yea I'm just headed home." Sarah stated.
It just so happened that Sarah was the new girl that had moved in next door to Will. The two began to talk to each other about their lives. The new girl told Will that her dad was a Pokémon trainer that left shortly before she was born. She had lived alone with her Mom and her brother for as long as she could remember.
"That is almost the exact opposite of my situation. I live alone with my Dad, but I don't have a sister." Will declared.
"So where is your Mom at, Will?" asked Sarah.
"Ummm she died upon my Birth." Will sadly replied.
She said "I'm so sorry to hear that" Sarah responded.
"It's ok. I've learned to just kind of get over it." He replied.
His Growlithe softly nudged him as if to say it was gonna be alright. The rest of the walk home Will didn't say much, but he would occasionally look over at Sarah. She was absolutely beautiful with long dark hair and a gorgeous smile.
After a long awkward silence, Will asked "So what is your goal for your Pokémon journey?"
She smiled and said "Well I am really not sure what I am going to do in the long run, but for now I want to do the Pokémon league.
"Oh cool" he responded.
"What is your plan for your life?" She asked.
"The whole reason for me to go on a Pokémon journey is to be the best Pokémon trainer of all time." Will quickly responded.
As they approached their respective homes, the two waved goodbye and entered their houses.
