Chapter1: A New Beginning

Ash POV:

Luckily I woke up early. I was the first person to get my pokemon. I even beat Gary, that annoying show-off. My starter was a Charmander, and the Fire Lizard would grow to be really strong one day. After telling my mom that I would call her whenever I could, I hit the dirt track towards Viridian city, where I would get certain supplies.

Suddenly, the ground in front of me rustled, and a wild Rattata appeared. It was nothing me and Charmander couldn't deal with, and we soon defeated the rattata. This cycle of wild pokemon battles continued with other rattatas and pidgeys, and we defeated all of them easily. While reaching Viridian City, I felt a rush of heat pass over me, and I saw a glorious sight, a Ho-oh flying above me. As it passed, I continued to Viridian City.

(Viridian City)

It was getting dark when I finally reached Viridian City, and I rested overnight at the pokecenter. The next day, the city was filled with excitement. While asking around, I found out there was a pokemon Tournament today, and that trainers from all over Kanto were signing up. The guest of honour was elite 4 member, Loreilei the ice queen. Although I was a rookie, I decided to take part in the competition with Charmander. After signing up, I trained with Charmander, and was surprised to see Charmander alreadly showing signs of evolution.

Two hours later…

"All trainers participating in the Kanto region Challenge Cup please report to the battle arena for the opening ceremony!" The moment I heard this, I got Charmander ready, and went to the Stadium. The other trainers looked ready to battle to the end, and I knew that this would be a difficult tournament. "There are 256 competitors, and they will be split into groups of 4 for the Qualifying round, the top 2 trainers in each group will enter the next round. "

My first opponent was also a rookie, and he proved to be very easy, as I took out all his pokemon, without suffering any damange at all. The rest of the day was spent battling the other trainers in my group, and I was able to overpower all of them.

The PA system announced" The 128 trainers are now in the knockout stages, trainers have 15 minutes to prepare for their matches!" Against my opponent, who was very innovative, using very strong pokemon against me. Finally, it was between my Charmander, and his Persian. Charmander was tired after facing Squirtle and Butterfree, but it did not give up. But, Persian was too fast, and was beating Charmander up. Just as all seemed lost, a white glow appeared, and when the glow dissipated, I screamed"Charmeleon, you evolved!" After the evolution, me and Charmeleon easily won the battle.

I had 2 hours to prepare for the next match, and I decided to try find some pokemon to add to my team. In the tall grass, we encountered a Pickachu, and a Growlithe, and we captured both. I got the new recruits battle ready, and we battled well, and reached the finals. This was the first time in history a rookie had entered the finals, and the crowd was going wild. The match got underway, and I was challenging his Spearow with Pikachu. "Pikachu, use Thunder then follow up with Iron tail!" The opposing pokemon dodged Thunder, but it was struck by a power Iron tail. The power of the Iron tail was so strong, that it was knocked down to the ground. Seeing my chance, I commanded"Pikachu, Volt tackle!" The Spearow was knocked out, and I sent out Growlithe against his Bayleaf. "Flamethrower!""Solarbeam!" we both shouted at the same time. The two powerful attackes collided, and caused a massive explosion. When the battlefield cleared both pomemon were down and out, and I sent back out Pikachu against her Dragonair. Dragonair blasted the livind daylight out of Pikachu, and I switched the unconscious Oikachua with my Charmeleon. Charmeleon glared at the Dragonair, and without any warning, unleashed a Flareblitz, a move meant to be learned by only a few Charizards, and my Charmeleon had just used it. The dragonair was knocked out, and I became the first rookie in history to win the Trophy.

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