Chapter 1

Disclaimer- I don't own pokemon

The alarm clock rang. Jack stretched, yawned and got out of his bed, his brown hair still messy. He looked at the calendar and sighed. It was Tuesday. Jack put on his t-shirt, hat and shorts and went to the kitchen to have breakfast. Jack worked at an oran berry farm located near his home village, and hated his job. While he walked to the farm, he opened his backpack and pulled out a broken pokeball. He have bought several and tried to catch wild Pokémon, but failed, multiple times, resulting in broken pokeballs. Jack carefully examined the ball and decided to throw it in the nearest trash can. The cobblestone road to the farm didn't have an electric fence, because the local Pokémon weren't dangerous and the people of Magenta village lived in harmony with the local wildlife for generations. While he walked Jack looked at the grass on bout sides of the road. He saw a lot of small newly hatched caterpie, nibbling the grass. "Maybe I should have tried to catch one of these little guys ".

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The day was surprisingly hot for the middle of April, and not a very fun day for picking berries from the trees. Jack fill his basket and heeded toward the storehouse. He typically didn't pay attention to his surroundings, while carrying the baskets with berries, and today he was especially distracted. Something bumped into his leg. Jack lost balance and fall to the ground, dropping the full basket. He looked at the creature which tripped him. It was a cute dog- fox like creature with brown fur. He has never seen one of these. The berries were spilled all over the grass and the brown Pokémon was eating one of them.

"Hey, you. That's not your berries."- shouted Jack. "You are lucky that I don't have pokeballs with me."

The Pokémon continued to eat. Jack went to his boss, the old Miss Cheder and asks her what to do with the Pokémon.

"This is an eevee. This specie is not found in the wilderness of the Kanto region. This eevee belongs to someone. You must bring it to the police."

"Ok, boss" said Jack and looked at eevee "little guy come here. We are bringing you back to your owner. "

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"You found her. Thank you!" said the tall redheaded man who was waiting at the police station of Magenta village.

The eevee was on the man's shoulder, happy to be reunited with her master.

" I'm glad that I helped" said Jack and looked at the older man. "Wait a minute, you are Raynor Crimson, the famous pro poke -battler. "

"Yes that's my name…."

"Can you please show me your sceptile. It's one of the most badass Pokémon I have ever seen."

"Sorry, I can't. Sceptile is back at home in Hoenn."

"Ok. I must go back to work."

"Wait. I didn't properly thank you. You look 15, and probably you began training Pokémon, recently."

"I'm actually 16."

"You probably want a battle with me. I usually don't accept challenges from newbie trainers, but since you save my eevee, I will accept your challenge."

"I don't want a battle"- said Jack and then he added –" I don't have a Pokémon. "

"You don'?"- Raynor was surprised.

"I don't know how life is in Hoenn, but here pokemons, especially nice starters and Pokémon from a legal breeder are very expensive. You can catch one of the common species without a trainer permit, but it's very hard without owning a Pokémon. I spent all my savings on pokeballs, and never succeeded in caching anything. "

"I can help you. We will go together in the nearby, woods and I will give you the first Pokémon I catch."

"That will be great." Jack said exited "when are we going in the forest."

"If you want we can go tomorrow."

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Raynor and Jack walked through the grass north of Magenta village. Raynor carried a piece a poke lure in his hand. Eevee walked besides Raynor and curiously sniffed the ground.

"Stay beside me Eevee."

"How do you lost her the first time?"–asked Jack.

"I was camping in the woods near Pallet town. Usually I don't put Eevee in her pokeball at night, because she loves sleeping in the fresh air. While I was sleeping I heard a loud sound. I think it was the cry of a fearow. Then I heard Eevee screaming."

"Pallet town? That's 20km north of here. You are lucky , that she found the farm. "

Eevee stopped and looked at a patch of tall grass.

"I think there is a wild Pokémon in the grass." – said jack.

A rattata with a scar in its left ear emerged from the grass and looked towards Jack and Raynor.

"Hey rattata, do you want this poke food?" Shouted Raynor –" If you want it, you must first battle me."

"Are you using eevee ?"

"No, she is still too inexperience to fight with wild Pokémon" said Raynor and pulled a pokeball from his belt. " Go Blood soaked crescent."

A huge majestic salamence, emerged from the ball.

"I'm so screwed "- said the purple rat Pokémon.

" Crescent use hipper ….."

Rattata ran as fast as he can from Raynoor and his huge pokemon.

"Maybe you should use another Pokémon. Perhaps something less conspicuous" suggested Jack.

"You are probably right. Crescent return!"

Raynor pulled another pokeball.

"Go Frosty!"

A sneasel emerged from the pokeball.

"When a wild Pokémon approach us, attack it with your ice beam."

Sneasel nodded. Jack, Raynor and the two Pokémon walked toward the forest. There were trees on booth of their sides, and eevee and sneasel sniffed the air and looked for other Pokémon. A bird flew from one of the trees. " Sperow. I always wanted one of these". Sneasel used ice beam. The attack hit the bird Pokémon, and it fainted.

"Yes ! Quickly throw the ball."

"I can't. Pokeballs are in a designed in way that prevents caching unconscious Pokémon."

"What?"

"You don't know that?"

"No I don't."

"To catch a Pokémon it must consciously agree to be caught. Only criminals like team rocket and the helix cult disable that function of their balls."

"Wait. You will leave the sperow to just lie in the ground."

"Pokémon are tough creatures. It will fly again in few minutes."

The two of them walked for about an hour, not spotting any pokemon.

"Where are all the Pokémon " asked Jack.

"I don't know. " said Raynor and looked at his two partners –" Eevee and Frosty are nervous. Probably we are near the den of a big carnivore Pokémon."

Sudenly Frosty stopped. A huge Arbok jumped towards eevee. The sneasel position himself between his friend and the huge poisonous Pokémon and used ice beam. Arbok stopped.

"Its super effective "shouted Jack.

"It's not. Arboks are poison type, and although they don't like the cold, they are normally affected by ice attacks" explained Raynor while getting an empty pokeball from his bag.

Raynor threw the ball and hit the big snake creature. The Pokémon was converted in red light and was consumed by the ball.

"I have a Pokémon! I finally have my own Pokémon. And it's rather cool one at that"- Jack thought.

The ball busted open and arbok emerged from it very pissed.

"It won't surrender just yet" said Raynor and recalled sneasel. "Go Rhydon."

A big bipedal rhino-ish rock Pokémon emerged from the ball.

"Rhydon use horn attack!"

Before the Arbok could attack the rhino-ish rock Pokémon, its horn poked it in the head. The snake Pokémon fainted.

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Jack and Raynor were walking towards Magenta village. There poke hunt was unsuccessful, partly because Raynor Pokémon were too overpowered.

"Something is moving " said Jack with a lot of optimism.

It was the rattata they saw earlier today.

"Go Rhydon."

"Not these people again "

"Use horn attack!"

The rattata quickly began to burrow.

"Is that a legit move?" asked Jack.

"Yes. This is dig attack, a ground type move."

The rattata emerged from the dirt between Rhydon legs, and ran bellow the bigger Pokémon tail. The ground beneath the rhino pokemon collapsed and the big Pokémon cried in pain. Raynor hurled a ball towards rattata, hitting it in back. The balls activated and capture the rat Pokémon. The pokeball wobbled a few times then make a click sound. Raynor recalled Rhydon and take the ball. He scanned it with his phone.

"Your new rattata is male. He knows dig and tackle. "

Jack took the ball in his hand and activated it.

"Ratata this is Jack, your new owner" said Raynor.

"Owner I'm not some piece of furniture. I'm a living being with feelings and emotions. You can't just step inside my home and enslave me and then give me to some teen. "

"What is he trying to tell us?" asked Jack.

"Nobody knows. Maybe he is happy that he met a new friend."

"He don't look very happy" Jack pulled two oran berries from his bag and gives them to rattata " here buddy, eat this."

"These berries are tasty. This kid is not bad "

"Do you plan to name your rattata?"

"Yes, I will call him …. Muddrat."

Rattata growled annoyed.

"Maybe you should give him a slightly different name."

"Like what? How about Murat. Yes I like it."

Rattata sighed.

"Now you must go to the local authorities and registered your Pokémon. You know that you need to have a trainer permit or dangerous pet license to legally own a Pokémon, don't you?"

"O… I almost forgot. Go back in the ball Murat. We are going to the village council."