EDIT: This has been edited to fix some grammar problems. I have tried fixing everything I spotted, thanks once more for the great feedback everyone.
Chapter One: A Battling Start!
"Are you sure this is what you want to do Devin?" asked a man in a brown suit.
"I'm sure, Professor," Devin replied. "I'm going to leave the University and become a pokémon trainer. I just don't want to be a pokémon professor."
"Don't you think finishing school first would be a good idea? I know you're only a first year student but having a professors degree could really come in handy," the teacher replied.
"I'm already nineteen, I should have started when I was ten like all my friends did. The only fun I had studying to become a pokémon professor was interacting with the pokémon. I think becoming a pokémon trainer is the best way to do that," Devin looked at the professor with a grin on his face.
"Ok. I will notify the administration that you are leaving us. You were a pleasure to teach... you know what? I'll do you one last favor. I'll contact your local pokémon professor and get things all set up for you. That should take a load off your shoulders," the teacher walked over to a video phone and starting making calls.
"Yeah, all I have now is the hard part... telling my parents I'm leaving school," Devin muttered to himself as he walked out of the professors study waving goodbye. Devin soon reached his dorm room at school and walked in noticing his roommate packing. "Hey Breck, going home early for summer break?" Devin asked.
"Nope... I'm following by your example," Breck replied. My example? Devin thought to himself as he looked puzzled. "Becoming a professor and burying myself in books isn't the life I want. The only reason I went this far is to make sure you didn't go crazy."
Devin and Breck were friends from back home. The two boys were the only children in town after all the kids went off starting their own pokémon adventures, so naturally they became very close. They eventually decided to go to college together and study to be pokémon professors, but now the two of them both want to be pokémon trainers.
"I'm headed home on the next train," Breck added. " But I should get going soon. My train leaves in an hour. Maybe I will see you on my journey, maybe we can even have a battle?"
"I look forward to it," Devin replied as Breck walked out the door. Looks like I have my first rival. he thought to himself as he started packing his things.
The next morning Devin got up extra early to finish his packing and get an early start. He grabbed his bags and headed to the train station where he boarded a train heading back to Twinleaf Town. The train didn't take long to get to Twinleaf Town and Devin ended up catching up on sleep the entire ride.
He soon reached his house, being a small village it wasn't far from the train station. He walked into his house and threw down his bags. "Mom... I'm home!" he screamed as he entered the living room looking for his mother.
"Devin? Is that you?" Devin's mother walked into the living room and gave her son a hug. "What are you doing home from school so early? Don't you still have a few weeks left?" she asked and Devin began sweating.
"Well mom... I left... I don't want to be a pokémon professor. I want to be a pokémon trainer. I want to own my own pokémon and have adventures with them, I don't want to spend my whole life behind a text book. My decision is final and nothing will change my mind!" Devin said with a firm tone to his voice.
"Ok," his mother replied.
"Don't try to convince me otherwise! I'm going to be a train... Did you just say ok?" Devin looked very confused.
"I just wanted you to do what makes you happy. I thought you wanted to become a professor, thats why I didn't pressure you to become a trainer," his mother replied. "Your room is the way you left it, but come sit with me in the living room and tell me all about your dreams of becoming a trainer." The two of them sat down and talked for the entire night until they both went to bed.
Devin woke up at nine and got dressed. He threw on a pair of dark blue jeans and a black t-shirt. Over his black t-shirt he is wearing a tan hoodie with a zipper in the front. His hoodie is usually open, and his hood is almost always down showing off his short red hair. Devin has hazel eyes and is just over six feet tall. Devin is a nice guy who always puts others before himself and no matter where he goes he seems to always make friends.
"Sweetie, I made you breakfast. You'll need all the strength you can get if you're going to be a pokémon trainer," Devin's mother stated as Devin walked down the stairs from his bedroom.
"Ok mom, but I can't stay long, I have to get going if I'm going to make my appointment on time." Devin grabbed a little breakfast, kissed his mother goodbye, and headed out the door.
Just a small walk down Route 201 and I'll be in Sandgem Town in no-time. Professor Rowan should be waiting for me. Devin thought to himself as he began walking toward Sandgem.
As Devin walked he noticed a wide variety of wild pokémon roaming the roads and forests. He noticed a large group of Starly flying over head and a mother Bibarel bringing her young Bidoof out for a walk. Devin was fascinated at all the different types of pokémon that live right around the corner from his hometown.
It wasn't long before Devin reached Sandgem Town and started heading toward Professor Rowan's lab. He saw a large building at the top of a large open field. Devin recognized the building, it was the lab he was looking for. Devin knocked on the door and a man in a white lab coat answered. "Excuse me sir, are you Professor Rowan?" Devin asked.
"No, I'm just one of his assistants. The professor is with a new trainer at the moment. They are almost finished though if you would just wait a minute," the man replied as Devin entered the lab. "You can just wait there on the couch. I'll go tell the professor that you're here," the tall assistant left the room leaving Devin twiddling his thumbs. "The professor will see you now, come on in."
Devin walked into a large room with a lot of bookshelves and various different machines. The professor was standing at a table with a two pokémon on it, and there was a young man grabbing a pokédex and a few pokéballs that the professor was handing them. "Looks like you're starting your journey today too Devin." The guy was wearing a red t-shirt with a yellow stripe near the top of it, he also had blue jeans on, and a large yellow backpack. He had long brown hair and looked rather skinny. "What, don't recognize me without a lab coat on?" the guy turned around, it was Breck.
"Breck! You're starting today also? I thought you would have started the minute you got home." Devin immediately said to Breck as the two of them shook hands.
"It took a little longer to explain to my parents than I thought it would, so I was held up a few days. Looks like it worked out just fine though, now I get to say goodbye to you and good luck," Breck replied.
"I guess you'd better get going then, huh?" Devin asked. Breck just nodded and then he soon left.
"Welcome to my laboratory young man. My name is Professor Rowan and I am the local pokémon expect in the Sinnoh reign. I am also the professor who registers new trainers and provides them with a starter pokémon to begin their journey," Professor Rowan stated with honor. "You must be Devin from Twinleaf Town. I spoke with a professor from your school, all the appropriate arrangements have been made. I have programmed a pokédex for you and have gathered together your starting pokéballs for you." The professor grabbed a tray from the table and approached Devin with it.
"Wow! My very own pokédex! Up at school we had to share a single one that was hooked up to the school's computer," Devin replied.
"Your pokédex, as you probably already know, will provide you with information about the various pokémon you are sure to encounter. And as I said earlier, these are your pokéballs. They are a very useful item for carrying your pokémon around in," the professor hadn't finished talking before Devin grabbed his new tech and put it in his hoodie pockets. "Since that is out of the way it is time to choose a starting pokémon. Typically there are three available to starting trainers in the Sinnoh region, but that trainer who just left has taken one of them. You can choose the fire type, chimchar..," a small monkey with a flame as a tail jumped up and down on the table with a huge smile on his face, "...or the grass type, turtwig," a small dinosaur looking pokémon with a branch growing out of it's head smiled and tilted its head, "Do you know which pokémon you would like?"
Devin went into deep thought, 'This choice will reflect my entire trainer career. The choice of your starting pokémon is one of the most crucial choices you can make. But my mind is made up!' "Yes sir, I do know what pokémon I want..." he hesitated for a second before bursting out his answer with great excitement, "Chimchar I choose you!" The Chimchar jumped up and down rapidly out of happiness.
"Turtwig return." The Turtwig disappeared in a flash of red light returning to his pokéball being held by Professor Rowan. "Don't worry Turtwig, I have more trainers coming next week. In any case, this is Chimchar's pokéball and on behalf of my entire staff here, we wish you good luck on your journey." The professor walked Devin and Chimchar to the door but when they opened it Breck was on the other side.
"Let's battle!" Breck screamed as Devin looked down at Chimchar.
"You ready Chimchar? Lets show him what were made of." Devin, Chimchar, and Professor Rowan left the lab following Breck to a nearby open field.
"Since you both just got your pokémon, the battle will be one vs one. I will act as the referee to the match, you may begin whenever you are ready!" shouted the professor at the two new trainers.
"Well Chimchar, you're up!" Chimchar leaped in front of Devin and the flame on his tail grew.
"You choose Chimchar? This should be easy. Go Piplup, I choose you!" Breck threw a pokéball in front of him and it released a small blue penguin-like pokémon.
"So thats a Piplup." Devin pulled out his pokédex and pointed it at the Piplup as the pokédex began speaking in a low toned computerized voice.
"It lives along shores in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over ten minutes to hunt."
"So it's a water type... This is going to be tough Chimchar, but we can handle it! We'll just have to turn up the heat! Use flame wheel chimchar!" Devin shouted out his orders to Chimchar.
"Bubble-beam piplup! Stop him dead in his tracks!" screamed Breck at his Piplup.
Chimchar's flame on his tail grew huge and surrounded his entire body as he began spinning. Chimchar then charged toward Piplup, still surrounded by flames. Piplup opened its beak and a barrage of bubbles flew toward Chimchar. The bubbles exploded as they hit Chimchar sending him flying into the air. "Chimchar no! Hurry, use ember!" Devin shouted at Chimchar as he began falling.
"Finish him off Piplup. One more time, bubble-beam!" Piplup nodded at Breck and shot out another barrage of bubbles. The bubbles collided in mid air with the flames that Chimchar shot creating a thick cloud of steam that covered the battlefield.
"Who won?" Devin shouted as he brushed away some steam from his face. The battlefield slowly became more visible but Devin's heart was racing the entire time. When the steamed cleared Devin's Chimchar had fainted and Piplup was the clear winner. 'I lost my first battle?' Devin thought to himself as he walked over to Chimchar and scooped him up into his arms.
"Chimchar is unable to battle, Breck is the winner," Professor Rowan shouted as he pointed to Breck.
"That was a good first battle Devin. I look forward to future battles." Breck returned his Piplup into his pokéball and walked away.
"I won't lose next time Breck! I'll train hard and defeat you!' Devin screamed so that Breck could hear in the distance. "You did great Chimchar, now return." Devin returned Chimchar to his pokéball and walked over to Professor Rowan. "Guess I should head to the pokémon center before I head out of town."
"That would be a good idea. Give your Chimchar some rest and he should be fine. By the way, your mother asked me to give you this." Professor Rowan handed Devin a black backpack with a picture of a pokéball on it. "One more thing Devin before you go. If you need anything or if you're in any kind of trouble, feel free to contact me."
Devin nodded and thanked Professor Rowan. He then put his backpack on and headed to the pokémon center.
Message from the Author:
Reviews/Comments/Suggestions are greatly appreciated. This is a rewrite of a Pokémon story I wrote four years ago that people seemed to like. I have redone all the characters as well as redone some of the story-line. I have tried to fix most of the grammar and spelling errors but I'm very bad at english (computers are my thing). You might notice that while reading but please enjoy, I have put some good work into it.