Pokémon: Apocalypse
Chapter 1: Gordon
"Far!"
"Fetch'd!"
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"Far!"
Gordon Ketchum rubbed his eyes as he slowly sat up in his bed.
"Fetch'd!"
He yawned and stretched out his arms as he slowly stepped out of bed. He trudged to his Farfetch'd alarm clock and slammed down on its plastic head to shut it up. He walked downstairs and into the kitchen. "Mom's still asleep?" He thought to himself as he opened the fridge and pulled out a bottle of Moomoo Milk and a box of Cherrim Crunch, his favorite cereal. "Why would I set my alarm so early? It's Summer Break, and it's a Saturday, so why would I-" Then he remembered. Today was his tenth birthday.
He dropped the box of cereal and ran upstairs to his room, he frantically put on his running shoes and dashed into his mom and dad's room, but only his mom was there, watching TV. "Hey mom, where's dad?" He asked in a hurry. "Oh, he's at the Pokémon Lab talking with the professor. I think he's waiting for you there." She stated with a hint of a smile. But before she could say anything else, Gordon dashed out of the room and was already downstairs. "Bye, Mom, love you!" He shouted upstairs. He squatted down to the little Growlithe whose head was in the cereal box he had dropped earlier. "Bye, Growlie, See you when I become the champion like dad." He said as he petted the little fire Pokémon. Gordon grabbed the bottle of Moomoo Milk and put it in his bag, then he opened the door and ran outside.
Gordon looked up at the sky as he ran to the Pokémon center. It was a beautiful blue sky, there was only one little cloud, and the sun was shining. He ran past the Oak's house, and he remembered how his best friend, Evan Oak, had turned ten last week, and got his starter Pokémon. Actually, the day before Evan's birthday, a Fearow crashed into the pen where all the Kanto starters were raised before they were given to trainers. The big bird scared all of the Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle and they escaped from the pen through the hole in the fence Fearow had made. So, the day of Evan's birthday, the professor, who was also Evan's dad, Gary, gave his son an offer. Evan could either wait for new starters to be bred, or he could choose a starter from another region that Gary had caught during his travels. Naturally, Evan, being the impatient child that he was, chose to receive a starter from another region. Gary had been to all of the different regions and had one starter from each of them. Gordon remembered that he went with Evan to see the starters from the other regions. Both Gordon and Evan were amazed at the cool Pokémon that Professor Oak had showed them. Gordon tried to remember what each looked like. He remembered that the one from Jhoto had a cream-colored belly and a bluish back. Evan had originally wanted that one, but when he went up to touch it, it got scared and blew fire out from its back, singing Evan's hat in the process. So, Evan decided not to choose that one. The starter from Hoenn was Mudkip, and Gordon could remember its name because it was his mother's favorite Pokémon. The Pokémon from Unova had four legs and a curly tail. It was all orange and black, except for a little yellow patch above its snout. The Pokémon from Kalos, the region Professor Oak and Gordon's father had just returned from, was blue and had two large yellow eyes. It had a white bubbly substance around its neck, and it looked like it had a pair of white gloves on. The last Pokémon was from the Sinnoh region. It looked like a Bulbasaur to Gordon, except it was a lighter shade of green, and it had a twig sprouting from its head. This was the only grass-type starter Pokémon, and Evan's favorite type had always been grass, so he decided to choose that one. Gordon tried to remember its name, but he couldn't quite remember. That didn't matter. As Gordon was getting closer and closer to the Pokémon Lab, he stopped and turned toward the sea. Gordon always had a great view of Route 21 and Cinnabar Island from his home city of Pallet Town, and in the morning, the Sun was placed just above the mountain on Cinnabar Island, and its reflection was in every ripple of water. The scene was stunning.
What was that in the water, though?
Gordon squinted. He couldn't make it out, but it looked like a floating rock, about the size of Gordon. Below it was something giving off a light. Gordon still was clueless about what it was, but it seemed to be floating toward Pallet Town. "Whatever, it'll probably float to shore by the time I choose a starter" Gordon thought to himself as he started running toward the Pokémon lab again.
When Gordon finally got to the Pokémon Lab, he walked in, where he saw his father, who was the current Champion of Kanto and Professor Oak, who actually used to be his father's rival and was the champion for a short time. "Well Gary, today's the day my son becomes a trainer." Gordon's dad, Ash, said to Professor Oak, "I remember when I got Raichu from your Grandpa, well, he was a Pikachu then." "Yeah" said Professor Oak, "I chose Squirtle, who totally had a disadvantage to your Pikachu" They both laughed." Ah, Gordon, you're here" Professor Oak exclaimed with a smile. "Are you ready to pick your Kanto starter Pokémon?" "You bet I am!" Gordon exclaimed, "I already know which one I want." He picked up the Pokéball containing his choice. "This one. "Gordon started to run outside "Come on, I wanna see it!" He said to his father and Professor Oak. They all walked outside as Gordon stared at his Pokéball. He took a deep breath and threw the white and red ball as hard as he could. It bounced off of the ground and a burst of red energy escaped and became Gordon's starter.
"Char! Char! Charmander!"