Pokémon

Magenta

Episode 1

"Tabi Wa Sutato"

"This is it folks! The final round. Winner takes all in the world championship. Who will be victorious!" a loud voice yells out in excitement. "Here come the finalists. Together they draw their first Pokémon. Contestant number 1 draws an Arcanine. And contestant number 2 draws a…. a Pikachu? Well people we can only imagine what is going through this trainer's head drawing that Pikachu when his roster contains a Blastoise. Nonetheless this shall be enticing to see." The voice continues.

A young boy at the young age of 13 lays flat on his bed. He watches with the TV with the upmost attention. Not missing a single detail. He is in awe as he watches those two Pokémon duke it out for the championship title. This very championship would be one of the most important moments of his life. He had been following the second contestants progress throughout the world National Pokémon League for years now, and now he is getting to see him in the World Championship.

"Well it seems that contestant number two made the right call as his Pikachu viciously disperses of the Arcanine. Contestant number one draws his second Pokémon. An Onix."

Caron had been watching Pokémon battles from a young age. His father and mother were both Pokémon trainers when they were young. Together they went travelling throughout the entire region collecting gym badges and carving their own name into the world. Caron hoped one day he could do the same…

"Contestant one is down to his last Pokémon. He's about to draw it. It's a- it's a- it's a Raichu! What is this…. Contestant number two is keeping his Pikachu in once again. He may actually do it folks. He just may win this using only his Pikachu the entire match. This feat has only been done by the legends themselves. That Raichu however may cause him distress as Pikachu's electric moves won't work on it."

Caron watched so closely as the final battle commenced. He wasn't believing what he was seeing. It was as if this Pikachu was single handedly summoning the god of thunder himself as he draws in as much electricity as he can. At this moment that Pikachu was making history. All Caron saw was an energy pulse spread from around the Pikachu like he had never seen. Then the TV went out. Everything went out in fact. All the electricity in the region went completely dark. Caron was surprised at this, and somewhat mad as he wanted to see the ending of the battle, but somehow he thinks he knows how it ended…

7 Months Later

Caron's eyes opened. The sun coming in from the window his mother just opened blinded him for a moment while they adjusted.

"Good morning birthday boy!" Said his Mother.

"Good morning Mom." Caron replied.

"You've got a big day today, so get dressed and come downstairs alright."

"Ok Mom, I'll be down soon!"

And with that his mother walked out of his room. He could hear her footsteps as she went down each step on the stairway.

After going through his morning routine and picking out his favorite outfit he too went downstairs. It was there he was greeted by his father and mother who had a cake prepared for him with 14 candles on it. He dashed down the remaining stairs to get there just a fraction of a second sooner.

"Someone sure is excited! Here let me cut you a slice." His father said as he began to slice into the cake.

"Caron Professor Oak called yesterday, he wanted to ask a favor of you." His mother told him.

"Of me?" Caron replies surprised.

"Yes. He says he could use some help moving things around in his lab, and he thinks you could help him out"

"Why me?"

"Well I don't know. You can ask him when you get there. You know hes had a hard time adjusting to things after his injury Caron. It's up to us to help him out In his time of need.

"Well ok…"

"Good. I'm glad you can spare some time to help that poor man out."

"But before you go you've got to have some cake." His father says handing him a plate. "Happy birthday Caron!"

As Caron takes the plate his father picks up a gift wrapped box from the dining table. "This is from your mother and I. We hope you like it.

The box is pretty long and heavy. Caron carefully sets it down on the kitchen table along with his cake. He then tears the wrapping paper to shreds in excitement of what could be inside of the box.

"A laptop."

"Your mother and I thought that you could use one. You can use it to keep up with all your favorite Pokémon trainers, watch their battles live, or keep connected with your mom I if you're ever away from home". His father says.

"Away from home? Where would I go without you two." Caron says.

"I'm just saying… You never know."

"Well I love it. Thank you. Both of you."

"I'm glad you like it." His father says smiling.

Caron straps on his jacket and opens the door.

"I'll be back. I'm going to Professor Oak's." He yells loudly to his parents as he then steps out of his home and into the fresh Kanto land.

Caron lives in a small town. It doesn't have much to it but its home. He hears stories a lot, about a Pokemon trainer that used to live in town. The stories he hears are always fascinating. Knowing that the dull old town he is from was once home to a true master has always been encouraging to Caron. He took the world by storm and was destined for greatness. Then he was never seen again…

Caron quickly got to Professor Oaks lab. Outside he noticed his friend Kauri.

"Oh hello Caron" she said.

Kauri had just moved to Kanto from Hoenn a few months ago and was having a hard time adjusting. The two took a liking to each other however.

"What're you doing here Kauri?" Caron told her.

"I'm not sure to be honest. Professor Oak called my parents and asked for me to come over."

"Same here."

"I suppose the only way to know what he wants is for us to go in." she says opening the front door.

They open it and see all the lights are on. They step inside and head towards the back of his lab.

"Hello. Professor Oak, it's me Caron. I'm here with Kauri. You asked us to come over to help you out in your lab?" Caron says looking throughout the building.

"Sorry about that children. I was running a bit late" They hear a voice from behind them say.

They turn around and see it is Professor Oak. He is gripping his cane tightly. It looked as though he was using all the strength he had to hold himself up.

"I had to run to the shop and I thought I could make it home before you all got here"

"Can I help you out Professor? I don't want you to hurt yourself on accident" Caron tells the Professor.

Oak nods and Caron goes to help him. He gets him to his lab chair, a comfortable leather computer chair he sat in all the time while working on his new inventions.

"Are you alright Professor?" Caron asks

"Yes I am. Just a dull leg is all. Thank you for asking."

"What did you need us for Professor?" Kauri says.

"Well Kauri that is a great question indeed. I asked you all to come here as I need your help with one of my latest projects. But first I wanted to mention the elephant in the room."

Caron and Kauri look at each other and then back to Oak.

"Caron it is your birthday today, right Caron?" said Oak.

"Yes Professor, it is." Caron replies.

"Well I've got you a present."

"You didn't have to Professor."

"Nonsense. Not every year you turn 14. And please… Call me Gary. My grandfather was Professor Oak, and I don't deserve the title."

Caron and Kauri seem confused but listen to Oak closely.

"Now where was I… Oh yes! Your Present" Oak says.

He picks a remote off of his nearby workbench and presses a button. A light turns on to the right of the three. Under that light is a metal table, and on that table glistening and beautiful are four Pokeballs.

END OF EPISODE 1