It was an early summer morning, several pidove flying through the large sky as the few people walked through the small little town enjoying their lives. One of them however, had something very important.

She was carrying a small blue box in her hands wrapped in a green bow. She walked to the house in the center of the village and knocked on the door. The door was opened immediately without hesitation and she entered the home without hesitation.

"Hello Hilga. Is Tj home?" Professor Juniper asked

"Not right now unfortunately. Cheren called him over to his house for something important. They should be back very soon." Hilga replied

"Oh good. Then these three here will still have a hint of suspense~" Juniper said

Hilga giggled at the comment and led her up the stairs to her son's room and removed whatever was on the table to make room for the gift box.

"My son has been looking forward for this day for four whole years. Ever since his dad went on his journey, he couldn't wait to follow in his footsteps..."

Professor Juniper giggled a bit and followed Hilga back downstairs. "I could see how hard those three worked to get their trainer licenses. Takes me all the way back to when I first met them the day they all moved here."

"How could any of us forget? You couldn't even tell if Tj was a boy or a girl." Hilga replied with a smirk

Professor Juniper let out a sarcastic laugh before she recieved a call on her Xtransciever. "Welp, duty calls. I better get back to lab as soon as possible. Be sure to tell your children I said hi." She said as she waved goodbye and exited the home.

Hilga giggled and sat down at her table before a liepard crawled out from under it and sat on her lap. She petted her on the head on sighed. "So..." she began "How much do you wanna bet he destroys his room...?"

Later that day. Cheren and I were just sitting around in my bedroom waiting for Bianca to show up. I was lying on my bed watching pokemon battles on the tv dad bought before he left while Cheren was staring down at the gift box.

"Looking at it all day isn't gonna make Bianca come any faster..." I said to him

"Well excuse me Tj, but when Professor Juniper told us that we were getting pokemon today, I expected Bianca to take some initiative and show up early like we did, so pardon me if I'm just a little worked up." Cheren replied

"Still, this is Bianca we're talking about. Knowing her she probably overslept again..." I said before turning off the tv and walking up to the gift box. "So, did you already decide which pokemon you're going to choose?"

"Of course I did. I've familiarized myself with each starter and carefully decided which pokemon I'm taking to the pokemon league. Didn't you?" Cheren asked

"No. I decided to keep it a surprise. I want to pick a pokemon that just speaks to me ya know?" I replied

Cheren giggled and adjusted his glasses. "You would do something like that Tj. That's what I find so interesting about you."

I adjusted my own glasses in a mocking fashion and smiled to myself. "That's exactly why I'm going to be the greatest trainer Unova has ever seen!"

"You'll have to beat me first to accomplish a feat like that!" Cheren replied "...But we'll both have to wait for several millennia if Bianca doesn't show up...!" Cheren said in frustration while angrily tapping his foot on the ground

As soon as said that, Bianca finally dashed up the stairs and entered my room at last. "Am I a little late again? So-oooo-orry!"

Cheren sighed and walked up to her "Bianca...I've known for ten years that you have no sense of time but...seriously...Today's the day we can get a pokemon from Professor Juniper!" Cheren said in his usual disappointed tone

Bianca walked to the center of the room directly in front of me. "I know. Sorry, Tj. Sorry, Cheren." She said before moving to my side. "So, where are the pokemon? They were delivered to Tj's house, so Tj gets first pick."

"Naturally." Cheren said as he moved to the other side of me. "The pokemon are waiting for us inside that give box. Okay, Tj, you go first and take a peek at the gift box. I want to meet the pokemon right now!"

Not wasting any time, I walked up to the gift box and reached for it, but I stopped to read the card that was placed on it

I brought three pokemon. One for you and each of your friends. Please settle your choices politely. Enjoy your pokemon!

-Professor Juniper

I smiled and opened the box. As expected there where three pokeballs. Without a second thought, I tapped the button on each of the pokeballs, releasing or soon-to-be partners.

First up was a pig-like creature called tepig. It had oval eyes, a pink nose, and a thick yellow stripe on its snout. The upper portion of its head was dark brown, and its long, pointed ears were positioned closely together. It had short legs, and its front feet were dark brown. A dark brown band covers its lower back and rear, and its curly tail was tipped with a ruddy pink sphere.

Next to it was a bipedal snake thing named Snivy. Most of its body was green with a cream underside. A yellow stripe ran down the length of its back and tail, and it had yellow markings around its large eyes. Two curved yellow structures that resemble leaves or small wings protrude from its shoulders and bent backwards. Its slender arms had three fingers, while its tiny feet had no digits whatsoever, and it had a large, palmate leaf with three prongs on the end of its tail.

Finally, there was a small sea otter named oshawott. It had a spherical white head with small, triangular dark-blue ears on the sides. His eyes were dark and its dark orange nose was shaped like a horizontal oval. Several freckles covered its cheeks and two pointed teeth can be seen when it opened its mouth. The light blue fur on its body formed bubble shapes around its neck and its arms are white and rounded, while its feet were dark blue with three toes each. It also possesseed a rudder-like dark blue tail and carried a pale yellow seashell on its belly.

I looked at the three pokemon and decided carefully. This is the pokemon that was going to accompany me throughout my entire journey. I couldn't just choose all willy nilly. After giving it some thought, I knew exactly who to choose. I grabbed the pokeball and pointed it directly at my partner.

"From now on it's you and me, oshawott!" I said as the pokemon returned to his pokéball.

Bianca walked up immediately and grabbed the pokeball belonging to tepig "Okay then, I'll take this pokemon! Cheren, that one's yours." She said before returning tepig to his pokemon and threw snivy's to Cheren.

"Hey, who said that you could decide my pokemon for me? Geeze, you're lucky I wanted snivy to begin with..." He replied before returning his new snivy.

"Everyone has chosen a pokemon, so that's that! Hey, I know! Let's have a pokemon battle!" Bianca suggested

"Honestly, Bianca...Even though they're still weak pokemon, you shouldn't have pokemon battles inside a house..." Cheren said

"Don't be a worrywart! The little ones are weak, like you said. That's why we have to battle to let them battle so they'll get stronger. It's settled, Tj! Get ready for a pokemon battle!" She said as she sent out her tepig without hesitation.

"Well if that's how it's gonna be...Go! Oshawott!" I replied excitedly.

"Let's wrap this up early oshawott! Use water gun!"

Oshawott looked at me confused as if he had no idea what I was commanding him to do.

"What's the matter oshawott? You're a water type aren't you? Water gun shouldn't be that hard of a move to use."

"Hit em' while they're confused tepig! Use ember!" Bianca shouted

Tepig just stared at her with the exact same confusion.

"Professor Juniper did say that they were hatched recently, so maybe they aren't trained all that well..." Cheren said

"N'aw seriously...? That's no fun...Well, I guess we have no other choice then. Use tackle tepig!" Bianca called out immediately

Without even waiting for my command, oshawott jumped out of harm's way and onto tge bed. Unfortunately, tepig didn't exactly think things through and continued running in the direction it was going in and crashed into the nearby bookshelf, causing the tv to be unplugged from the wall.

"And...My point is now proven." Cheren said with a smug yet disappointed attitude.

"S-shut up! Accidents like this happen all the time!" Bianca replied "Tepig, use tackle some more!"

The cycle continued. Tepig repeatedly failing to use tackle on oshawott and instead on everything in the entire room. Everything except the computer and the wii was knocked over by the little fire type.

"I think it's about time we counterattacked oshawott. Hit em' with your own tackle!" I shouted

Without any complaints, oshawott charged straight at the tepig, currently in the middle of yet another tackle attack. With surprising speed, oshawott's head clashed with tepigs. While both of the pokemon recieved damage, oshawott seemed fine while tepig staggered a bit.

"You landed a critical hit oshawott! Use tackle one more time while he's unable to move!" I commanded

With one final charge, oshawott slammed into tepig with full force and sent him sliding across the room. We all knew that the battle was over once tge dust settled and tepig was no longer able to get back up.

"Nice one oshawott~" I said petting him on the head.

"Wow Tj! You're going to be an amazing trainer someday! No doubt!" Bianca said as she picked up her pokemon

Cheren immediately spoke up. "Uh...Bianca, would you take a look around?"

Bianca actually listened this time and took a look at what she and her tepig had done, acting as if she hadn't already noticed. "O-oh yeah. Kinda forgot about that...But still! Pokemon are amaaaaazing~! So little, but so strong! I'm so glad that I get to have a pokemon! ...Oh. Um...Sorry about your room, Tj."

"You...are completely hopeless...Here. I'll restore your pokemon for you. Tj's pokemon needs to be fixed up, too." Cheren said as he gave them both a super potion

After the both of them were healed, Bianca suddenly had an idea. "Hey Cheren! How about you battle too? With all the you know, I'm sure that you can battle without turning the room into a disaster area like I did."

"I think you're right!" Cheren replied "It shouldn't be any problem for me to keep the room from becoming any messier. Besides, it's not fair that you two are the only ones who het to have fun battling! It's decided! You'll be our opponent! In our very first pokemon battle! Let's see what you can do snivy!"

The battle was pretty much the same as the one with Bianca, only that snivy was a lot faster and had trickier movements. Through our own perseverance however, we managed to finish them off rather quickly.

"I made a strange blunder in my first battle but...this feeling I have...I'm finally a trainer. But first, we'd better go apologize to your mother about this messed up room." Cheren said before heading downstairs. Bianca following suit

I said nothing before or afterward. I just looked down at my pokemon and smiled. As I stared at the returning smile of the little otter, I pondered my next move. With no other options, I returned oshawott to his pokeball and headed downstairs. Mentally preparing myself for the inevitable wrath of my mother...

~Extra~

-During the battle-

Hilga: *hears the destruction upstairs*

I knew it...

*calls Professor Juniper*

Juniper: They're battling aren't they?

Hilga: Yep. You so owe me 4000 pokedollars~

Juniper: How much stuff are they destroying?

Hilga: *hears something large falling*

Take a wild guess...

Juniper: *sighs*