Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon.
Author's note: This takes place in a sort of alternate reality and in the future. There are no separate regions, just one big one where any Pokémon can be found in said region. Also, in this world young trainers are assigned a starter, that way there would be no arguments over who got which Pokémon. The trainers are allowed to trade Pokémon if they wish, but it's not recommend because each trainer takes a test to find which starter would be best for them. Also, there are last names of some of the characters that I don't know. This takes place in the Anime.
Tanya
Tanya Snow sat in the classroom taking her quiz.
The quiz had questions about your personality, and opinions.
How do you react to battle challenges? Do you:
A. Politely decline
B. Run away
C. Accept the challenge
D. Initiate the challenge yourself
E. Depends on the situation
Tanya chewed on her eraser in thought.
Finally, she colored in the bubble for E.
"Onto the next question.", she thought.
What's your favorite thing to do?
A. Curl up with a book
B. Style people's and pokemon's hair
C. Play video games
D. Watch Pokémon battles
E. Paint or draw
"I think I will choose A.", Tanya mused.
Next was the last question.
How do you feel about hugs?
That was a tough one.
Her house only had one pokemon in it since her mom had a phobia of touching pokemon.
The only reason she could touch Snowy was because she raised it from an egg.
So, Tanya wasn't sure how she really felt about hugging a pokemon.
Snowy was only really close to her mom, so she didn't really like other people touching her.
And Tanya was home schooled, so she didn't get many chances to go outside and interact with pokemon herself.
She was only at the public school now because the school was the meeting place to take your test. After a couple hours after you took your test and it was evaluated, you were notified to come back to the school and get your pokemon assigned to you.
"I don't know how I would feel about hugging a pokemon. I guess I'll just tell them the truth.", she thought to herself.
She filled in her answer, explaining her mom's condition and turned the paper into the front desk. Then, she walked into the hallway to meet with her identical twin sister, Tammy.
Tanya walked out into the hallway where she saw her sister leaning against some lockers.
"Hey count Dorkula.", said Tammy with a mean smirk.
Even though they were twins, some would say they were completely different, inside and out.
Where Tanya was quite, and followed the crowd, Tammy was rebellious, and didn't care what anyone else thought of her.
Where Tanya had long fire red hair that went almost to her butt, Tammy's was cut all the way to her chin and styled in a punk like look.
Where Tanya wore colorful clothes, Tammy wore clothes that some said were as black as her soul.
Where Tanya had huge bulky glasses that were a little too big for her, Tammy wore none, and often thought about getting an eye brow piercing when she was old enough.
And, even though they were extremely wealthy, Tanya was self conscious about how much money her mom spent on her, while Tammy constantly bought anything she wanted.
Tanya scowled at her sister.
Ignoring the look, Tammy went on.
"Mom wants us to come straight home to pack our things. She says she has something for both of us.", said Tammy.
Then, she strode out the doors of the school where there was a limo waiting to pick them up.
Their butler and his son stood waiting for them.
Tammy shoved past Vincent Barlemew, Fred, their butler's son.
Tanya gave Vincent an apologetic smile for her sister's rude behavior.
She had always liked Vincent.
She tried to convince herself that her feelings for him were only as a friend, but she honestly was not sure.
He smiled back at her.
Getting in the vehicle, they drove to their mansion on Holloway drive.
They opened the gate and walked past the pokemon playground that their mom had built just like the playground for pokemon her childhood mansion had had.
Walking through the huge front doors, they came into the living room to find their mom sitting on the leather couch.
Seeing them come in, she stood up to greet them.
"There's something I want to talk to you girls about. You too, Vincent. You're like a son to me.", she said, giving the black haired boy a smile, which he gratefully returned.
"You three are starting you pokemon journey today. Even though I know you won't, I hope you all stick close together. You could make a great team. However, you don't have to take my advice. There will be times in this journey where you will have to make some decisions like this. However, if you don't go together, I suggest you find friends to go with you. Even though I never went on my own journey, I have heard it can be lonely by yourself. I know you will all have your pokemon, but human interaction would be great to have as well.", Lillie was saying.
"Yeah mom, we will all just hold hands and sing together.", Tammy said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
Lillie looked hurt, but sighed and continued.
"Your birthdays are coming up, but you will all be on your journey then.", she said, reaching into an over sized pocket on her dress.
Tammy and Tanya's birthday was in two days, and Vincent's was three days after theirs.
Lillie pulled out three birthday cards, one bright yellow, one dark purple, and one sky blue one.
She handed the yellow one to Tanya, the purple one to Tammy, and the blue one to Vincent.
"The envelopes are all your favorite colors.", Lillie explained.
Tanya gave her mom a happy smile, and opened the envelope.
Inside was a card with a Togepi on the cover.
It was one of her favorite pokemon.
When she opened the card, a credit card fell out, along with a hundred p as well.
"Mom?", Tanya asked, confused.
"Each of your credit cards has four thousand p for anything you may need in it. Some places only take cash, so that's what the 100 p is for. The Pokémon Centers now have banks in them too, so call me if you need any more cash and I'll send it by mail to you there. Now, I'll be sending you 300 p per month to do what you want with, but the rest is for necessities only. Understood?", Lillie explained.
"Only 300 per month?! That's not fair!", Tammy complained, used to spending at least 500 a month.
As said before, their family was extremely rich.
Their mom started off as a major fashion designer, and used that money to buy several stores, companies, amusement parks, and gas stations over the years.
Now they had so much money that spending 1,000 a month for each of them was not a big deal at all, but each few years their mom made the money limit lower to mold them to becoming independent young women.
Tanya estimated it would be about 50 a month by the time they were eighteen.
She wanted to show their mom that she could be independent, so last year she started saving up about 50 p per month, so she had a nice stash of money saved up already.
She planned to show her mom how much she had saved when she turned eighteen and buy a little house of her own.
But for now she would use the money her mom gave her for her journey.
Lillie looked hurt again at Tammy's reaction.
Tanya couldn't stand to see her mom hurt, and that's one of the reasons she resented her twin. Yes, she loved her, but her sister was so mean!
Meanwhile, Vincent looked at the money in awe. This was more money than he had seen in his life!
The clock rang two o'clock.
They had to be at the school by three to pick up their new pokemon!
Tanya hugged her mom and kissed her on the cheek, then rushed out the door, leaving the others in the dust.
When the others finally got there, Tanya was waiting, bouncing excitedly as she stood by the limo.
Tammy got in the car, giving Tanya another bad look.
Tanya frowned and got in on the other side while Vincent got in the passenger seat.
The vehicle rolled out of the driveway, and they were on their way to the school.
When they got to the school, a girl with pink hair told them that they were all supposed to go to the gym.
"Where is that?", asked Tanya.
Just then, a boy also with pink hair passed them.
"My brother and I will show you!", shouted the pink haired girl.
While the girl's hair was bubblegum pink, the boy's was a darker pink, almost red.
The girl wore a blue shirt with a mustard yellow jacket and blue jeans. She also wore a red backpack with three pins on it, each pin of a different pokemon.
There was a Happiny pin, a Mankey pin, and a Togepi pin.
The girl caught Tanya staring at her pins.
"My mom got me these pins.", she explained.
"She says each one represents different sides of my personality. The Happiny says I'm caring, yet strong. The Mankey represents my angry side. And the Togepi represents my sweet, loving side."
The girl stuck out her hand for a handshake.
"I'm Judy by the way. Judy Joy. Most people just call me JJ since both my first and last names start with the letter J.", she said.
Tanya shook JJ's hand.
"I'm Tanya Snow."
"Nice to meet you.", they said at the same time.
"I think I like this chick.", Tanya thought.
It seemed like a beautiful friendship was going to happen.
"Jinx!", they said at the same time as well.
"Double Jinx!", they said, yet again at the same time.
They both busted out laughing.
"If the traveling circus freaks are done with their show, I'd like to get a move on.", Tammy said, rolling her eyes.
"Me too. I don't really want to be here, anyway.", said the pink haired boy.
A look of sorrow passed JJ's face for a second, but it was replaced with a smile soon after.
"Come on you three, let's go get our pokemon!", shouted JJ.
She then proceeded to drag Tammy, Tanya, and Vincent to the Gym.
The pink haired boy stayed back as a Zubat landed on his shoulder.
"Zu? Zu bat?"
"Yeah, I know Venom, I worry about her too.", said the pink haired boy sadly.
When the four of them got to the gym, it was over crowded and stuffy.
People were murmuring to each other, talking about the starter they hoped to get, and the pokemon they hoped to find on their journey.
"It smells in here.", said Tanya, holding her nose.
"My dad's laundry smells worse.", joked Vincent.
Tanya and JJ laughed.
Tammy silently fumed.
A loud whistle broke out over the noise.
Everyone turned to see an Officer Jenny standing behind a podium on a stage in the gym.
"Alright, we are gonna do this in alphabetical order!", she shouted through a megaphone.
"All the people with last names A through H get in a line.", she called out.
They did as they were told.
"Now before we begin, remember that the pokemon you get was picked based on your personality quiz, so it was picked based on which one has the personality most like your own, it was not picked by type. You may trade pokemon if you wish, but it is not recommended.", said Jenny.
"Also remember that the pokemon here are raised by breeders who know their personality very well, so the breeders each looked through your results and helped pick the pokemon they thought was best for you. If you do not want me to call out the reasons your pokemon was chosen for you, state that you would like to speak to the breeder who comes up to give you your pokemon privately. If not, just say 'Yes' to show you don't mind these reasons being shared. You will all be given the latest pokedex, which not only does the regular stuff, but will also tell you your pokemon's gender and its personality. You will all also be given three pokeballs as well, plus a manual on caring for your pokemon. Please thank the breeders for your pokemon and your manual. The rest of this was funded by the state.", said the officer.
"Cayden Ace.", she called out after a few minutes of silence.
A boy with purple hair walked up to the podium.
"Yes.", he called out.
One of the breeders walked up to him.
"Your pokemon is Cyndaquil. This pokemon was chosen for you because of its shy personality. However, it can get into quite a bit of mischief too.", said the breeder.
He handed Cayden a manual, and four pokeballs, one of which contained the Cyndaquil.
"Thank you.", Cayden said, then immediately stepped to the side to let the girl behind him have her turn.
"Cecile Arley.", called out the officer.
"I'd like to speak with the breeder privately!", shouted a brown haired girl with blue eyes and freckles.
The breeder walked up to her and they spoke in hushed tones.
Vincent
Finally, it was Vincent's turn.
"Vincent Barlemew."
"Yes.", he said.
"Your pokemon is this Gastly. It was chosen for you, because, like you, this Gastly is shy sometimes, but can also be very polite.", said the breeder as she handed Vincent his stuff.
He smiled and thanked her, moving of to show his friends his new partner.
He let out the Gastly.
He took out his Pokédex.
Gastly
The Gas pokemon
Gender: female
Although Gastly is ninety-five percent gas and can beat even a large foe, the gas is easily blown away by strong winds.
"Well, there goes my dreams of tornado hunting.", he thought sarcastically.
"And darn, I never really got to say 'I don't think we're in Kansas anymore' either."
He smiled down at the Gastly.
"Hm, you know it says you can learn Destiny Bond, and I hope to have a bond with you, so I think I'll call you Destiny. Do you like that?", he asked the floating ball of gas.
The Gastly nodded shyly.
"Alright then Destiny, lets go meet my friends.", said Vincent.
He walked off, gesturing for his pokemon to follow him.
Destiny followed her trainer.