Introduction

That was the weirdest dream ever. Without a doubt, there had to have been drugs involved. Somehow Professor Oak was in my dreams and wouldn't stop saying every proper noun in ALL CAPS. And he had the gall to ask me if I was a girl or boy, as well as what her name was. I'm sure that my dream self is very well aware of all of this information. And, well, it just all seemed so weird.

But, whatever, none of that is important. Instead I'm just going to have a normal day, hang out with my mother, hang out with Ethan (and secretly be way too jealous of the fact that he has a Pokemon), and plan out my Pokemon journey, whenever that happens.

I go to walk downstairs when the strangest thing happens. I just feel urged to walk in this direction. I try to move in a different direction and it just feels wrong. I start to walk down the stairs when I run into my mom. Ok, maybe she'll shed some light on this…

Nope. She just starts talking nonsense. And I seem to also feel like she's capitalizing all the proper nouns. Strange, did something change overnight? And, what's this? She's asking me if I know how to make a phone call? Of course I do! I am a teenage girl after all! And what are these "options" that she is speaking of? Whatever, not important. What is important is that she told me that Professor Elm wanted to talk to me! An errand! Maybe, just maybe, I'll get a Pokemon!

I try to run outside, but I can't move faster than a walk. Everything just seems so off. I finally get outside and go to look up…. And stop in shock. I see the face of a girl looking down from the sky, smiling and pressing buttons. I'm moving when she presses the buttons. What.

Unable to really comprehend what this means about my life, and unable to control the urging from the girl above me to walk into Elm's lab, I dutifully follow the commands the overlord gives me.

I received my Pokemon (Cyndaquil!) as I was hoping. But, of course, beforehand I had to stare at the different Pokemon for, like, 5 minutes before the girl above me made a decision. I'm just glad that she seems to have good taste in Pokemon and didn't pick a crappy starter.

Then the strangest thing happened. I heard a noise that was foreign to my world. I looked up and saw the girl curse, turn away, and then black. But when she went away, I could move again, of my own freewill.

Professor Elm ran over to me, worried etched across his brow.

"Are you alright? I didn't know that you were the chosen one!"

"What? Chosen one?"

"Yes, the Gods declared it that when the ultimate Pokemon trainer begins their journey, one of the Gods will watch over them and guide them on their path."

"Guide? You mean control like a robot, I haven't been able to truly move on my own in forever. And, Elm, why is it that you've been unable to talk and act on your own either?"

"It's one of the powers the God has, you know how in the video games you play there are NPCs? We've all become NPCs. Except for you, you are the hero."

"I'm a video game hero. You've got to be kidding me. How the hell did that happen?"

"You were born with it." A rumble is heard in the distance, followed by a chime. "Oh no! We only have a minute left! Some last minute information! When the game continues you will be automatically transported to the place in which the game was paused. You are able to do whatever you want during off time though. Call me when you are free again!"

And then the world was filled with an unearthly light, and Elm has disappeared back into the lab without a trace.