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Derek was awakened by a large crash downstairs. He scrambled out of bed, and ran into the kitchen, which was filled with a white smoke.

"Sorry!" Derek herd his mom say as she appeared walking out of the smoke. "I was trying to bake you a cake, but something went wrong I guess!"

Derek sighed. In all the confusion, he had completely forgotten that today was his tenth birthday. The day that he had been dreading had finally arrived.

Most kids usually cannot wait for their tenth birthday, for that means that they are finally old enough to start their very own Pokemon journey. But Derek didn't care about Pokemon at all. Sure, they were cool, but when all you heard all day was Pokemon this, Pokemon that, it gets extremely annoying.

"So how does cereal sound for breakfast?" Derek's mom asked.

"That sounds great mom." Derek said with a tiny smile. His mom couldn't cook to save her life, even if she had nine lives.

Derek's mom proceeded back into the kitchen, where the smoke was finally starting to thin and left Derek alone with his thoughts.

"So have you decided what Pokemon you'll choose from Professor Elm yet?"

Derek sighed, "Not yet mom."

"Look," Derek's mom said as she reappeared from the kitchen carrying two bowls with her. "I know that you don't like Pokemon, but you will once you start to get to know them."

Derek and his mom continued eating in silence, when there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it." Derek said as he stood up, leaving his empty bowl behind him. He opened the door, revealing a man wearing a lab coat. "Oh, it's you Prof. Elm."

"Hello Derek." Prof. Elm said as he held out his hand. Derek stared at it until Prof. Elm finally dropped it. "So, are you ready to go?"

"Yeah, I guess." Derek said as he grabbed his bag, and stepped out into a windy morning in New Bark Town.

New Bark Town was a small town, so small that it didn't even have a Pokemon Center. The only thing the town did have was Prof. Elm's lab, and even that was small.

"Come along now!" Prof. Elm said as he walked off to his lab, expecting Derek to follow him. Derek sighed, and slowly followed after Prof. Elm. A few younger kids stared at him in awe as he passed; probably wishing they were old enough to go on their own journey.

Derek was so into his thoughts that he didn't notice that Prof. Elm had stopped until he ran into him. Prof. Elm was staring ahead with a look of shock on his face.

"My lab!" Prof. Elm whispered as he ran into the burning building. Derek could see black smoke rising out of the open windows. Prof. Elm reappeared carrying another man dressed similarly to him. Derek took a step forward to help, but a flicker of movement caught his attention. Derek turned, and saw two people running into the forest.

"Hey!" Derek yelled as he ran after them. The two men were dressed in black, and both had a red "R" painted across their chests. "Stop!" Derek shouted as he quickened his pace.

"Go away kid!" one of the men shouted as he through a red-and-white ball. The ball split open, and a small, purple bat emerged in a flash of light.

"Go Zubat, use supersonic!" the man shouted.

Zubat opened its mouth, and fired off a wave of rings at Derek. The rings struck him, and Derek was forced to stop when his vision started to get blurry.

"Now Zubat, use wing attack!" the man said as Zubat's wings started to glow, and they slammed into Derek, knocking him down.

"No…" Derek said weakly as the two men started to run off again.

"Eevee, use tackle!"

A small, brown-furred Pokemon came running out of the bushes and charged into the stomach of one of the men. He immediately dropped the bag he was carrying, and hundreds of papers flew out, as well as three pokeballs.

"Why you little…Koffing, get her!" the man said as he through another pokeball. A small, ball shaped Pokemon appeared with skull-and-cross-bone markings on its stomach appeared.

"Koffing, use poison gas!"

"Zubat, you use supersonic!"

The force of the two attacks sent Eevee flying back into a tree. Eevee slid to the forest floor, clearly in no condition to battle.

"No, Eevee!" A girl cried as she ran over to her fainted Pokemon.

"This will teach you not to mess with Team Rocket, Koffing, use tackle!"

"Zubat, you use wing attack!"

"No…" Derek said as he picked up the nearest pokeball, and threw it. A small, black-and-yellow pokemon appeared, and landed a few yards away from the girl and her Eevee.

"A Cyndaquil, eh? Alright then, Cyndaquil, use tackle!"

Cyndaquil ran forward, and slammed into Koffing. Koffing bounced off of Cyndaquil's head and into Zubat.

"You again, Koffing use tackle.

Koffing charged into Cyndaquil, causing it to fly through the air. It landed on its back a few feet from Derek.

"Cyndaquil, use ember!"

Cyndaquil rolled over, and the four yellow spots on its back burst into flame. Cyndaquil then opened its mouth, and sent out a barrage of tiny fireballs at Koffing and Zubat. Both of them fainted from the powerful attack, and were immediately called back by their trainers.

"We won't forget this!" one of the men said as he threw a gas bomb on the ground, which released a puff of smoke, allowing them to escape.

"Are you okay?" Derek asked as the girl got up, cradling her Eevee in her arms.

"Yah, I'm alright, but my Eevee isn't. My name's Sara."

"Derek."

"Well, thanks Derek. I better get my Eevee to a Pokemon Center. Bye!"

"Hey, wait" Derek said but Sara was already gone.

"Derek! Where are you?!" Derek herd Prof. Elm call as he walked into the clearing. "There you are!"

"Hey professor." Derek said as he finished packing the papers back into the bag.

"How did you get that?" Prof. Elm asked as he took the heavy bag from Derek.

"Some guys ran off with it, along with three Pokemon. This girl came, and she helped me get rid of them."

"Fascinating, well, we better get back to the lab."

"So have you decided which Pokemon you are going to use?" Prof. Elm asked Derek as he stared at the three Pokemon sitting on the table: Cyndaquil, Chikorita, a green Pokemon with a leaf on its head, and Totodile, a mini blue alligator.

"Definitely!" Derek said with a smile "I choose Cyndaquil."

"Quil!" Cyndaquil said softly as he jumped into Derek's arms.

"Good choice!" Prof. Elm said as he saw the reaction Cyndaquil made. "Here are your pokeballs and pokedex."

"Thanks professor." Derek said smiling, thinking about what the rest of his journey would be like.

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