Journey to top them all
Chapter 1: The beginning of it all
Disclaimer- I don't own Pokémon though I wish I did because it would be cooler and there would be better Pokémon and he would likely have more evolved Pokémon
A/N: This is my first fic and I've had this idea in my head for a while now so I want your guy's opinions and ideas. I have a basis for what Pokémon he is going to catch and I plan on having him catch groups of Pokémon for preservation and stuff like that to live in the safety of oak's ranch. So, give me your honest opinions. All forms of criticism are welcome and I will need it. There is likely not going to be too much dialogue because dialogue sucks.
Ash is a fourteen-year-old boy who lives in the beautiful town of Pallet Town. Pallet town is a simple town with humble people and beautiful nature surrounding it. In this lovely town, lives the esteemed Professor Oak who is considered the wisest of the regional professors and is known for his love of Pokémon. Ash is one day away from his Fifteenth birthday and the beginning of his Pokémon journey.
Children used to start their Pokémon journeys at the age of ten but multiple incidents have occurred with the children overextending themselves to find rare and dangerous Pokémon. There have been at least 25 incidents with trainers going after Pokémon such as Tyranitar and Aggron that have resulted in injury or death of the trainer. Now trainers start their journeys at the age of 15 so that they are more mature and will avoid future incidents like the trainers of the past.
Trainers start their journeys with one of the three elemental starters of their respective region. For the Kanto region, the starter choices are Bulbasaur, a grass type with a large bulb on its back that evolves into Ivysaur and finally Venusaur. Next up is Charmander, a fire type that has a flame at the tip of its tail that ties directly to its life, it evolves into charmeleon and then the mighty dragon Charizard which despite its appearance and behavior is not a dragon type (which sucks). Finally, is the water type Squirtle, a turtle that evolves into wartortle and then the defensive tank named Blastoise which has two giant cannons that emerge from its shell to blast high pressure water.
Ash has been thinking of this decision for the past two months and has finally made his decision.
"Out of all of the starters, I think Charizard is the best for me. Blastoise has the most defenses and is a very powerful attacker. Venusaurs are very powerful if trained right and it would help with the first 2 gyms but they are very large and they are too slow for my style. Charizards are the perfect balance of attack and speed which is exactly what I'm going for. I can train it to have higher defenses and resistances to its weaknesses like rock and water. That's my decision, Charizard it is. I'm going to pick a Charmander and train it to be the strongest Pokémon of them all, it will even surpass the legendary Pokémon in terms of strength."
He then looked at his alarm clock and noticed it was 10:30 and immediately went to bed so that he woke up on time. He was ready for his journey to become a Pokémon master.
Ash woke himself up two hours earlier than usual in order to get ready in time and to make sure he didn't show up late to pick up his starter. He showered, got dressed and went down to eat breakfast only to discover his mother making breakfast. She is making pancakes with chocolate chips and some bacon and scrambled eggs.
"Hi mom" greeted Ash joyfully
"Good morning Ashy, are you ready for your journey?" asked Delia excitedly.
"Yeah Mom!" He then looked past her shoulder and saw the time and decided to leave to get there earlier than the other kids. "Bye Mom, I'll see you after I get my starter Pokémon." He then left and began his trip to Oak's Lab to finally start his journey.
Along with Ash, two more teenagers were starting their journeys today too. There was Leaf Green (I know, not creative, sue me) who was a childhood friend of Ash but in the past three years has kind of dropped off the map and no longer hangs out with Ash and is usually by herself and hardly speaks. The other student to start their journey is none other than Gary Oak. Gary is the grandson of professor Oak and because of that fact, he considers himself above others and constantly puts others down. Especially Ash, the two used to be the best of Friends but one incident and Gary's rising ego, they stopped being friends. Gary has always been a pain in the neck but he's become insufferable to deal with in recent years.
Ash arrived at the lab at 8:00 sharp which is right on time and Leaf was already there but she just nodded in his direction and was silent as usual. Gary had yet to arrive likely because he didn't think he had to show up on time.
Immediately after that thought all they heard was, "Hey Ashy-Boy, you showed? You should've just saved yourself the embarrassment of losing so badly and not even showed."
Ash just grumbled in response and mumbled some choice words under his breath that Gary could not hear and made Leaf giggle quietly. After a few minutes Professor Oak finally opened the door and invited the children in.
As he was about to close the door, all four of them heard, "Wait For Me!" They all looked down the road and saw a teenager sprinting at his top speed towards the building barely watching where he was going. When he landed at the front of the building he shouted that he was also starting his journey and that his family had forgot to tell Oak.
Oak was now in a troublesome situation because he only has three starter Pokémon because he didn't think to have any extras. He would have to now convince one of them to wait and he would have to convince one of them to wait to start their journey until he got a Pokémon from another regional professor.
The group approached the center pedestal and they noticed there was only three pokeballs on the table and that there was four of them.
Gary noticed this and pointed this out, "Hey Gramps, why is there only 3 pokeballs and there is 4 of us?"
Oak sweat dropped and nervously went, "Well Gary, unfortunately for us, Ritchie and his family forgot to tell me that he was starting his journey so we are one Pokémon short so one of you will have to wait to start your journey.
All four of them looked around nervously before one of them stepped up and it turned out to be Ash.
"I'll wait Professor"
"Thank you, my boy, much appreciated"
Gary went first and immediately grabbed Squirtle's pokeball and left after receiving his pokeballs and pokedex.
Then leaf went and she chose Bulbasaur which is fitting considering her name and personality.
Ritchie gave a sigh of relief, and grabbed charmander's ball and let it our and decided to name it Zippo. "How absurd" was Ash's only thought.
Both Leaf and Ritchie left and Ash was the only one still with Oak and Oak excused himself and went into his office and activated his vidcom to call the other professors.
Six other screens popped up on the monitor and revealed the faces of the other professors including the newly included professor kikui from Alola.
(Professor Elm)- "Hello Oak"
(Professor Birch)- "Hey Oak"
(Professor Rowan)- "Hello Samuel"
(Professor Juniper)- "Hell Professor"
(Professor Sycamore)- "Hello Oak"
(Professor Kukui)- "Heya Oak"
(Oak)- "Hello everyone, I have a trainer that needs a starter Pokémon and I am out of starter Pokémon. Does anybody have a Pokémon I could give to him?"
All of the professors began thinking before Elm spoke up, "I have a young Pokémon that hatched very recently and it is getting restless and could probably go on a journey. Would that be good for him?"
"Yes, it would be perfect for the young man, he'll take very good care of it. I'm sure that he and the Pokémon will make a perfect combination. Send it over as soon as you can."
"Right away."
Oak received the pokemon and went out to the lobby that Ash was in with his pokeballs and pokedex. He called out to Ash, "Ash, I have a pokemon for you from Professor Elm."
"Yes, thank goodness, do you know what pokemon it is?"
"Not yet, but I've heard from Elm that it was already pretty powerful and was bred in a specialty breeding program."
Oak handed the ball to Ash and he let it out and discovered that the Pokémon was a short stubby creature with what appears to be electrical plugs on the top of his head. It was an elekid and it appeared to be very excited and ready to leave because Elm told it what was going to happen before he was transferred. He then saw Ash and jumped onto him and accidentally electrocuted him while laughing. He appeared to be quite the prankster and obviously enjoyed the fun of zapping Ash.
"Are you ready to go elekid?"
"ELE!" said elekid while smiling cheerfully.
Ash and elekid then left the Lab and began walking towards route 1 after a tearful farewell with Ash's mother.
So tell me what you guys think and give me any opinions on the story and any writing tips I could use. Keep in mind that I wrote this in one night with a massive migraine and while very tired. I welcome all reviews and flames. I need it.