Nuvema Town, Summer
"What's in there?"
"I dunno, looks awfully big though."
"Oh, it's just like Christmas!"
"Read the note." A serious boy with long black hair pointed to the piece of paper dangling from the green ribbon on the box.
"Cheren, your so smart! First to notice things!" A girl with short, blonde hair and an air headed personality squeaked.
I nodded and detached the note from the present. I read through the cursive letter twice, my smile getting bigger and bigger each time.
"Um, Hilda?" The blonde asked. "What does it say?"
"Here you go, Bianca" I was nearly bursting with joy as I handed it to her. She stared at the note blankly for a few seconds, and then looked back at me. "Um… what does it say?"
Cheren sighed and crossed his arms, "Bianca, it's only cursive. It's not another language or anything." I summarized the entire letter for them.
Bianca's eyes sparkled with anticipation. "Right, so Professor Juniper wants us to embark on this adventure!"
"And she wants us to chose a Pokemon from her, so she can research how we grow together." Cheren pushed his glasses farther up the bridge of his nose, trying to conceal his excitement.
I smiled as I swiftly untied the ribbon and threw the lid of the box on the floor. Inside were three shiny, new, Pokeballs. "Alright, show me what you got!" I exclaimed as I released all three Pokemon from their capsules.
We stood in awe as we saw three adorable Pokemon appear before us. One was a green, lizard-like Pokemon with big eyes. Another was a blue seal-looking creature. The last one, which appealed to me the most, was a red and black pig-type Pokemon.
"Tepig!" It cried out.
"Aw, they're so cute!" Bianca exclaimed. "I'm not sure which one I want! They're all so cute! I really like the green one, but the pig is so cute! Don't get me started on the-"
"Bianca!" Cheren interrupted her babble. "Calm down. The present arrived at Hilda's house; therefore it is Hilda's. Let's show some courtesy and let her pick first, okay?"
"Aw, no fair!" Bianca pouted and sat on my bed. "Try not to take the green one!"
"They have names." I stated as I read on the bottom of the box. "The green one is Snivy, the grass snake Pokemon. It's a grass type Pokemon. Um, the blue seal one? That one is a water-type Pokemon known as Oshawott. Now that I think about it, it does resemble a sea otter! The last one…" I looked down and watched the red piglet jump around my room for a few seconds. "He's a fire pig Pokemon, of course, being a fire-type. He's a Tepig, and he's mine."
"Ah, the anticipation!" Bianca cried out as I embraced my new Pokemon. "Dibs on Snivy! That means you can have Oshawott, Cheren!"
"Hey, you can't pick for me!" Cheren sighed and rubbed his temples. "Whatever, I wanted Oshawott anyways."
After we all cuddled with our Pokemon for a few minutes, I suddenly had a great idea. "Hey kiddos, let's have a Pokemon battle!"
"What?" My two best friends cried out in unison.
"Yeah!" I stood up from my sitting position on the floor. "It's not like they're going to cause too much damage in my room."
Before Cheren could protest (as always), Bianca cut him off, exclaiming, "Yes! Let's do this! I'll take you on, Hilda!" She jumped off my bed, startling her Snivy, and faced me with eyes of anticipation.
"This is a disaster waiting to happen." Cheren mumbled under his breath. His Oshawott leaned against the wall with him, mimicking Cheren's serious expression.
"Alright, you got this Tepig, use tackle!" I cried out. My fire pig Pokemon nodded and barreled towards Bianca's Snivy.
"No, Snivy!" She yelped as my pokemon's attack connected with hers, causing Snivy to fly into the wall. Cheren jumped as the Pokemon collided next to him. "Hey, lay off the property damage, here!"
"Aw Snivy, please get back up! Use tackle, please!" Bianca cried out to her Pokemon. The grass snake Pokemon stood up feebly and huffed. He ran towards my Tepig with speed so blinding, I didn't realize what happened until my little fire pig was twitching on the floor.
"Odd," Cheren inquired. "Snivy's attack was much faster than Tepig's… But Tepig's attack did much more damage…" He continued observing the fight.
My little fire pig swiftly got up and snorted. He gained back his strength and focused his energy on his next attack. He then barreled towards Bianca's Snivy when I commanded, "Tackle 'em!"
But this time, Snivy knew what was going on. He sharply dodged to the right, avoiding Tepig's attack completely. Tepig tried to stop, but the momentum kept him going, his little hooves scraping across my wood floors as he banged into another wall.
"Ah, Tepig! You got this, get back in!" I reassured him. I glared up at Bianca, awaiting her next attack. She shrieked "Yeah, Snivy! Get that nasty Tepig! Use leer!"
Her Snivy's eyes suddenly grew cold and dark. Tepig looked up in astonishment. Her Snivy looked so… evil! He continued glaring at his foe. Tepig looked noticeably taken aback by this attack, so far that he began to shiver.
"Tepig! Listen to me… you got this. Give it all you got, and hit him with tackle!" I cried out. My words seem to smack Tepig out of his trance, because he ran full-speed towards the grass snake, relentlessly. Snivy couldn't dodge this attack, and he went flying through the air as soon as Tepig's shoulder connected with the grass snake's chin. Snivy hit the ceiling and fell back down to the wooden floor. He lay there, panting, as Bianca came over to comfort him.
"Snivy, get back up baby, we'll get 'em!" She looked like she was going to cry.
"Bianca…" Cheren started towards her. "Snivy is fine. He's not able to fight, but it's nothing the Pokemon center can't solve."
She looked up at him, "Really Cheren? They'll fix my baby?"
He nodded. She smiled and wiped away her tears. "I have to hand it to you, Hilda." She smiled even wider at me. "You're going to be a great Pokemon trainer."
I smiled back and embraced her in a hug. Once we let go and stopped giggling, Cheren pushed his glasses farther up the bridge of his nose again, concealing his steely-blue eyes. "Good to know you guys are all pals again… But what are we going to do about your room?"