Ch1. A Look at Recent History
Travel log #1, Thursday, April 18th 2019
Hello everyone, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Vohr Delohl, I'm sixteen years old, I live in Riverflow Town in the Koori region, my best friend is a Pokémon and I'm about to go on a journey.
If you're reading this, you probably know about Pokémon already. Of course, that's a pretty unprofessional assumption, so allow me to explain briefly anyway. The world is filled with creatures known as 'Pokémon' and they're fascinating. They are very intelligent, they can fight with what looks like magical powers, they make great friends and people raise them and measure them up to each other in special battles, called Pokémon battles. Don't worry though, Pokémon generally like to fight, as long as the fight is fair enough or when they have complete trust in their trainers, anyway.
At first glance some Pokémon look like normal animals, but they are distinctly different.
My upcoming journey is actually all about Pokémon. You see, the professor who lives close by, asked me to go out with my own Pokémon and to learn as much about the Pokémon in the Koori region as possible. This coincides with some of my own long-term goals, so obviously, this is a great opportunity for me.
The reason the professor asked this of me, is a bit different in a way from what you may have heard before. It is often said that the world is full of Pokémon and in other regions, it's normal for kids much younger than myself to be given their first Pokémon by a professor and to start traveling. However, until sixteen years ago, people would be lying if they said Pokémon lived all over the world. There never was a single sighting of a Pokémon in the Koori region until then. The Koori region is most famous for its enormous ice cave system in the north of the region. The very first Pokémon sighting in the region, was an ice type from the Alola region, a six-tailed fox referred to as 'Vulpix'. She was also given the name 'Koori' by the first professor on the scene. She appeared in the ice cave system and since the Alola region is so far away from here, it was at first believed that someone must have released her in there. However, shortly after Koori the Vulpix was first seen, a few other ice type Pokémon started appearing in the cave.
In the years that followed, more and more Pokémon started to migrate into the Koori region, starting with the flying types, then the bug types and water types. After around a decade had passed, all Pokémon native to seven other regions, aside from most of the Pokémon referred to as 'legendary Pokémon', had been sighted in Koori. The little Vulpix Koori soon became the symbol of the region and ever since all that started happening sixteen years ago, professors from all over the world have taken an interest in our region; all asking the question: 'Why did all these Pokémon suddenly migrate here?'.
Soon enough, another phenomenon started occurring - ice type Pokémon started appearing in the ice caves, but these Pokémon weren't originally known as ice types. For example, a caterpillar-like Pokémon called Caterpie, is known as a bug type, not an ice type. However, about seven years ago, an ice-colored, almost see-through Caterpie was found. A few more strange sightings have followed since.
Professor Maple has always lived in Riverflow Town and he has been investigating the Pokémon Migration ever since it first started happening. Now, he wants me to help with the research - if I can catch as many Pokémon as possible, he can compare the Pokémon living in Koori to the other regions' counterparts. Perhaps that will bring us closer to the answers we seek.
As for me, I have always dreamed of winning a big Pokémon tournament, like a Pokémon League. I have also always wanted to find and catch as many Pokémon as humanly possible, I've always wanted to travel and I'm an aspiring writer. Through this request of professor Maple, I can combine all of these dreams. I can write about my adventures and about the Pokémon I encounter. I can travel through the entire region, maybe even to other regions, I can catch and train and become friends with Pokémon and once I become good enough, I can even try to enter the Koori League, of which there have been only three editions so far.
And which Pokémon am I starting out with? Angel, my sweet little Eevee. I met her a little over a year ago; I was walking along the river path, when I saw the poor thing half hidden in a bush, shivering. When I got closer, I noticed that she was bleeding and I quickly picked her up and rushed to the professor. We have no specialized hospital for Pokémon, a Pokémon Center, in our small town, so the only place I knew I could take her was to the professor. The Eevee was terrified, but soon after her treatment she got used to being around humans and she started following me around wherever I went. Watching our forming bond, professor Maple gave me a Pokéball and instructed me to catch and name the Eevee. Angel didn't need to be caught, though, she entered the ball willingly, as she was clearly happy to be called my Pokémon. It was the sweetest thing I had ever seen.
I see it is almost time to go already. Professor Maple will meet me at the edge of town in about half an hour. I'd better check if I have everything, including the Pokédex and ten Pokéballs he has already provided me with. I guess this concludes my first 'travel log', even though I have not even left the town yet. At any rate, I hope you will stick with me throughout my journey. I'm excited. Please root for me!