Chapter 1- A beginning journey
"Sora! Sora, honey its time to get up!"
I hear an annoying voice trying to wake me up.
'She will not win today!' I thought triumphantly, curling myself even more in my comfy blanket.
I hear foots steps coming up the stairs. Drat!
"Sora... I know you're awake." The feminine voice deadpanned.
"No I am not." I state. Clearly I am asleep, can't she see I am all nice and comfy?
"Sora..." I imagine her shaking her head in exasperation. "What am I going to do with you?" She questions herself.
I hear her walking towards my window.
'She wouldn't dare!' I thought, a feeling of dread creeping up my spine.
She opened the window. The cruel light of the sun attacks me.
"Gah!" I exclaim! "Sunlight, my only weakness!"
I quickly cover my head with my pillow, and push my blanket up over my head.
"Sora..." She says with mirth. "You know what today is right?"
'...' I take a moment to think while I am underneath my sanctuary. 'Oh...'
I quickly fling my blanket and pillow off me as I throw myself off my bed.
'Crapcrapcrap!' I thought. Quickly grabbing my things for a shower before turning my head towards the woman that invaded my room.
"Mom! Why didn't you wake me sooner!" I exclaim as she removes the pillow off from her face.
"I did, little miss slakoth." She says bemusedly, watching me gather my things in a rush.
"What?!" I shout, holding my cloths in my arms as I shut the dresser with my foot.
I quickly turn my head towards my alarm clock.
'Five A.M.' I thought, 'not even close to the time I need to be going.'
My mother starts to snicker, the evil evil women, I can feel my face heat up.
'Waaaaahhhh.' I bury my head in my cloths, my face crimson.'How embarrassing.'
"Well, my job is done." Mom says, clearly amused. "I'll get started on breakfast while you take a shower, ok?"
With that she leaves my room, but I can hear her snickers echo through the hallway.
'Uhg.' I thought, slowly bringing my head up from my cloths.
"Yosh!" I exclaim with some enthusiasm. "I'll just forget that ever happened!"
With that I leave my room and walk towards the bathroom in order to take a shower.
My embarrassment is already forgotten.
When I finish my shower and put on my adventuring cloths™; a blue and black tank top with a red skirt and blue socs plus two black wrist bands. I start smelling something delicious. Yum~. I hurry out of the bathroom, sprinting across the hallway, and nearly tripping down the stair as I hurry down them. My long, dark grey hair trailing behind me, as I quickly made way towards where that delicious aroma is coming from.
When I got there, I found that mom cooked all my favorites for breakfast.
"Mom..." I say softly, as I feelmy eyes starting to water.
"Hmm?" She asks as she finishes setting the last plate, then turned to look at me.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" I say repeatedly as I rush towards mom, nearly stepping on Fluffy who yelps and jumps out of the way, in order to glomp her.
"Oof." Mom lets out as she was hit by a ballistic missile a.k.a me. I felt her pet my head softly, causing me to look up at her warm smile. "Its a big day for you Sora, so I felt like cooking something extra special." She gave me a wink.
I have the best mom ever!
I say as much, causing mom to chuckle and lean down to hug me.
I wiggle out of the embrace and start walking towards the kitchen table, making sure to stop and pet Fluffy on the head to apologize for nearly running him over, and sit in my chair.
"Itadakimasu!" I shout, then happily dig in my breakfast. Soooo goood~.
Mom smiles at me then starts eating her own share. Just another peaceful morning eating breakfast with my mom.
'Last one before I go on my journey...' I thought, pausing in my eating. I quickly shake the thought out o my head. 'Don't think of that Sora, you've been looking forward to this ever since you passed the test!' With that I continued eating, though mom shot me a puzzled look.
I shake my head and smile at her.
'Today is the day I get my starter and go on my journey.' I thought. 'Making new friends and gaining rivals. Fighting gym leaders, trying for the league!'
I start getting excited at what's to come, overriding any worries I may have.
Finishing my meal, I help wash the dishes then go back to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Taking a quick look at the clock I decide it was about time to leave.
Before I go I stop at my father's memorial shrine and stare at his picture with black ribbons on it. I ring the bell then clap my hands twice. Closing my eyes, with my hands together, I pray.
'Father, I am leaving now to start my journey. Please watch over mom when I am gone, she is going to be lonely without me.'
I bow then open my eyes and smile at the picture.
"I'll see you later, father."
With that, I stand up and leave the shrine, hearing the wind chime in the distance.
I find mom to give her a hug and then I pet Fluffy for the last time in awhile, causing his tail to wag back and forth. Then I grab my yellow satchel bag, filled with everything I need for my journey and then some, and head to the front door. I quickly put on my shoes and open the door, stepping outside I close it again and take a moment to feel the breeze.
"Great weather to start an adventure!" I exclaim and then take off in a sprint.
Heading towards Professor Oaks Laboratory, with my head held high.
The way there pasted by quickly with my sprint, after all I may not like to brag but I am probably the fastest runner in all of Pallet town! I'm not even out of breath. After all, a trainer has to be in top condition!
"If you can't take care of your own body then you don't deserve to train others!"
That's something my father said to me once when I was little and I took it to heart.
Mom even taught me how to defend myself! Though some of those lessons seemed odd... why is kicking a guy in the crotch super effective? Oh, well. I will probably never know and boys are icky anyways so it doesn't matter.
Fluffy is ok though, but he's a growlithe. He is awesome by default.
While I was lost in my thoughts I walked the rest of the way to Professor Oaks laboratory since it was in view and I still had time to spare. After all, I woke up early and what kinda trainer would be late to pick up their starter?!
Somewhere in Pallet town, a certain boy turned in his sleep and sneezed.
Anyway, I finally made it to the lab and knocked on the door, its only polite after all, and an old man opened it.
"Ah, Sora. Bright and early I see." The white-haired old man said then smiled.
"Of course!" I exclaimed. "I wouldn't be late for this; and besides, it's nice and sunny out."
I conveniently ignore my earlier cursing of the sun.
"That it is, and besides the early bird gets the worm." The old man says, motioning for me to follow him as he started walking inside the lab. "Therefore, you get to choose your starter first."
I smile and follow him.
'I already know what one I will pick.' I thought, taking in my surroundings happily as we walk. 'It's why I wanted to wake up early in the first place! To be sure I get it.'
We finally made it to the back area of the lab that was filled with high tech machinery I couldn't begin to figure out and a round table like thing with a glass case. Inside the glass case there were three pokeballs, one with the grass symbol, one with the fire symbol and one with the water symbol.
I start bouncing in place with barely contained excitement.
"Now then," the professor heads towards the table and presses a button causing the glass to recede, "bulbasaur are a rather good choice for beginning trainers and generally easy to raise. At the other end are charmander, they can be tough for beginning trainers to handle but they are well worth it. My starter was a charmander after all, and he became one of the best friends I ever had." He pauses, losing himself in some happy memories before continuing. "Then there are squirtle, generally a balance between the two. Still a rather good pokemon to choose as a starter."
He turns to me to give me a grandfatherly smile, letting out a small chuckle from catching me bouncing up and down on my heels. I stop and look down, my face red with embarrassment.
"Which one do you choose?" The professor asks kindly.
"When I passed the test and got my trainer's certificate I already knew what I wanted or a starter!" I smile a smile of victory and stare at the professor with eyes that are filled with the fires of determination!
I walk up to the table, my smile never leaving my face, and grabbed a pokeball.
"I choose you!" I exclaim! "Charmander!" I throw the ball at an empty spot in the lab and soon it opened and let out a bright red light.
Once the light faded, a charmander stood there staring up at me with the biggest doey eyes I ever saw.
For awhile we just stare at each other, then it started shifting around shyly.
"Char?" It said softly and an arrow pierced my heart!
"So..." My body begins to shake while I look towards the ground. The charmander took a step back. "So cute!" All my resistances broke and I glomp the charmander!
"Char?!" The charmander squeaked in my embrace and started to wiggle.
Wont get away from me that easily~. Hehehehe.
The Professor stares at the display in bemusement. "I can see you two will get along well."
I ignore him and continue to hug the charmander.
"Do you want to give your charmander a nick name?" The professor asks.
"Sure!" I turn my head towards the professor and exclaim. unfortunately, this also loosened my embrace which allowed my charmander to escape. Drat.
I pout then look at the charmander, giving the impression of thinking really, really hard.
But I wasn't really.
"Sparkle!" I exclaim my charmanders new name to the heavens!
Sparkle shook its head, denying its name.
"No?" I question it, tilting my head cutely.
Sparkle shook its head yes.
Drat... now I will actually have to think about it.
"Well..." I cross my legs and take up my thinking position #1™; My head resting on my palm with my head tilted to the left. "I can't call you Fluffy Junior so... Blaze?" That was a no. "Flare?" That was another no. Hmmm... this is harder then I thought it would be.
"Aha!" I exclaim, putting a fist on my palm. "Zoey!"
Zoey looks at me then nods its... her, yeah her, head yes.
"Alright!" I shout excitedly. Then got ready to glomp the charmander again.
Well, that was before the Professor cleared his throat behind me. Spoil sport.
"Now that is settled, I have a favor to ask you." The professor states and picks up a red machine thingy.
"What is it?" I ask, then stand up and brush off my skirt.
"I would like you to record all the pokemon you meet in this pokedex." The professor says then smiles.
"Sure!" I chirped before reaching down and picking up Zoey, much to her surprise. So adorable~.
The professor holds out the pokedex, I shift Zoey around so I can take it with a free hand.
I manage to put it in one of my skirts hidden pockets. Nin nin~.
"Now then, as you are a beginning trainer, here are six pokeballs that you can use." The professor pulls them out of nowhere.
I quickly grab one of the pokeballs from him and switch it from standby mode.
"Zoey, do you want to go in your pokeball now?" I ask her gently, and smile at her kindly.
The charmander nodded her head yes.
"Alright, I'll be sure to bring you out later so we can play." I state and the poor dear looks intimidated by that.
Her shyness would be something we need to work on no doubt. Lots, and lots of hugs then.
I gently touch Zoey's head with the pokeball and she vanished in a red light. The middle button flickered red and white until settling on white and I smiled.
'My first pokemon.' I thought and then did a little twirl before settling in my pose #1™; My legs spread wide, my right bended outwards with my hand on my hip and my left arm straight in the air, holding the pokeball. "I caught a Charmander!" I exclaim.
I heard the professor clear his throat again, behind me. My cheeks felt felt like they were on fire as I sheepishly turn around to face him. "Please forget you saw me do that." I say to him quietly, causing him to chuckle.
"Well, I am old and forgetful at times." he says, causing me to smile at him brightly. "But I am sure I will remember the next time I see your mother." My smile imminently drops.
'I will never hear the end of it!' I thought in horror.
"Well..." I quickly grab the rest of the pokeballs and put them in my bag while I put Zoey's on my holster. "Thank you for letting me pick a pokemon Professor Oak." I say politely and bow to him.
"It's quite alright, I can tell you will be a great trainer." The professor states.
I give him one last smile and start walking towards the entrance of the lab with a skip in my step. I start humming a tune.
'I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was~.'
Opening the door and blinded by the blaring sunlight for a second, I blink my eyes to get rid of the colorful dots in my vision and see a lot of people in front of the lab... huh.
I blink again.
My mother is in front of the pack.
They start cheering for me, when I walk towards my mom, causing me to look down shyly.
My mother smiles at me as I stop in-front of her.
"So dear, what pokemon did you end up choosing for a starter?" she asks.
"Yeah, tell us!" One of the people in the crowd says.
I give mom a bright smile and quickly grab Zoey's pokeball.
"I choose you, Zoey!" I exclaim before throwing the ball in an empty area besides me.
Zoey appears from the red light in all of her charmander glory!
"Char, char?" Zoey says before looking at the crowd, then me, and then the crowd again.
She quickly scrambles to get behind me when the crowd starts cheering again.
"Aw, she is a cutie, isn't she?" Mom says as she bends down to take a look at Zoey.
"Yep. She caused me to glomp her when I first saw her." I state, proud of my cute charmander.
Zoey looks up at me funnily.
"Wow," mom starts to chuckle, "that is quite the achievement." she says before standing up.
I quickly return Zoey so she doesn't feel overwhelmed by the crowd.
"Aww." A person in the crowd says.
"Sorry, she is a bit timid. I don't want to overwhelm her with so many new people." I apologize. Some of the people in the crowd nod their head in agreement.
"Now, Sora." Mom states, causing me to look up at her. I tilt my head quizzically. "Close your eyes."
"Ok." I say and proceed to close my eyes. I felt something being put on my head.
"Ok, now open them!" Mom exclaims.
I open my eyes and reach up to find a new hat on my head. I take it off to look at it. Its a nice white hat with a red stripe and a semi-circle line on it.
"Thank you mom." I smile brightly at her, putting my new hat back on my head.
"No problem dear, I am sure the hat will protect you from that dastardly sunlight." Mom said with amusement.
"Moooooommm!" I whine, pulling my hat over my eyes to hide my embarrassment.
She chuckles.
"Sooo..." I say, putting my hat back on my head.
"Sooo..." She says, flicking one of the gray strands of hair from her eyes.
"I'll miss you... mom." I mumble.
"I'll miss you too, sweety." She states and then hugs me.
"I'll be sure to call you when I can mom." I state in the embrace.
"I know sweety." She says softly, then ends the embrace. Putting her hands on my shoulders and looking down at me. "I am so proud of you." Her eyes become watery.
"I know mom... I-I love you." I state, feeling my own eyes become watery as well.
We stared at each other quietly for what must have been the longest time.
"Did you make sure to pack spare panties?" She asks with a worried tone.
"Moooooommmmm!" I exclaim! My cheeks feel like they are burning once more. The sappy moment completely ruined!
"What? Its a legitimate question." She states, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Yes, I did... and yes it is but do you really have to ask that in-front of people?" I ask, wiping the tears from my eyes as well.
"Yes of course!" She exclaims. "It is a mom's duty to embarrass their daughters." She nods her head like she just said something extremely profound.
Ugh.
"Well... take care mom." I say and then smile at her.
"Take care sweety." She says and then smiles at me.
With that I took off in another sprint. Leaving the cheers and my embarrassing mom behind me as I finally start my pokemon journey.
I can't wait.