NOTE: This story was originally written on June 12-13 to be released on
June 14. But, due to setbacks and other projects, it had to be delayed.
Chapter 1: The Call
It was a warm summer night. School had just gotten out and I was relaxing in my Lay-C-Man recliner. Everything was going okay. No, that's not right! Everything was going GREAT! I had to do a lot of homework that year and was relieved to finally have a break. "No more pencils, no more books. No more teacher's dirty looks!" I sang. That was a poem I recited every summer since 2nd grade. Then I remembered a new one I just learned. "Spring has sprung, fall has fell. Three more months until we're." I was interrupted by a telephone call. "Hello?" I said as I picked up the phone. "Hello Louis!" An elderly voice exclaimed. "Who is this?" Outraged, the caller yelled, "Don't you recognize my voice? It's Professor Croak!" The light bulb flashed on in my head as I remembered my good friend. The Professor had given me my first Pokemon, a Squirtle. Professor Croak was the local Pokemon expert in Pellet town. He also made a lot of inventions. Not many of them were too successful though, they usually ended up either exploding or turning the person who tried using it into a giant slab of cheddar cheese. At least the cheese tasted good. "Hello Professor! How are you?" "Well, I'm good! I've got a new invention and I'd like you to test it!" My mind started racing as I tried to come up with a good excuse not to. Finally I got one. "I'm sorry, Professor! I can't, I have some Christmas shopping to do!" "But Louis, it's summer." The Professor said with a bit of skepticism in his voice. "You can never start too early, can you?" "I guess that you can't try out my time machine then." "A time machine? Really?" Even though I didn't trust the Professor's inventions one bit I couldn't resist the opportunity to time travel. "Count me in! I'll be over to your lab in a minute!" "Great! See you then!" When I heard the soft click of our connection being broken I put my phone back onto its receiver. With thoughts of going to the future floating around in my mind, I grabbed my Pokeballs and immediately ran to Croak's Laboratory.
Chapter 1: The Call
It was a warm summer night. School had just gotten out and I was relaxing in my Lay-C-Man recliner. Everything was going okay. No, that's not right! Everything was going GREAT! I had to do a lot of homework that year and was relieved to finally have a break. "No more pencils, no more books. No more teacher's dirty looks!" I sang. That was a poem I recited every summer since 2nd grade. Then I remembered a new one I just learned. "Spring has sprung, fall has fell. Three more months until we're." I was interrupted by a telephone call. "Hello?" I said as I picked up the phone. "Hello Louis!" An elderly voice exclaimed. "Who is this?" Outraged, the caller yelled, "Don't you recognize my voice? It's Professor Croak!" The light bulb flashed on in my head as I remembered my good friend. The Professor had given me my first Pokemon, a Squirtle. Professor Croak was the local Pokemon expert in Pellet town. He also made a lot of inventions. Not many of them were too successful though, they usually ended up either exploding or turning the person who tried using it into a giant slab of cheddar cheese. At least the cheese tasted good. "Hello Professor! How are you?" "Well, I'm good! I've got a new invention and I'd like you to test it!" My mind started racing as I tried to come up with a good excuse not to. Finally I got one. "I'm sorry, Professor! I can't, I have some Christmas shopping to do!" "But Louis, it's summer." The Professor said with a bit of skepticism in his voice. "You can never start too early, can you?" "I guess that you can't try out my time machine then." "A time machine? Really?" Even though I didn't trust the Professor's inventions one bit I couldn't resist the opportunity to time travel. "Count me in! I'll be over to your lab in a minute!" "Great! See you then!" When I heard the soft click of our connection being broken I put my phone back onto its receiver. With thoughts of going to the future floating around in my mind, I grabbed my Pokeballs and immediately ran to Croak's Laboratory.