"Today's the day..." A sigh full of nervousness mixed with a little reluctance came from a young girl by the name of Luvia, wearing a brown and white plaid shirt with a dark blue jean skirt that reached all the down to her shins, her dark brown hair glimmered in the faint morning light which accentuated her golden brown skin. She sat atop a grassy hill just on the outskirts of Littleroot, as a matter of fact she usually spent her mornings there and it's very likely that she'd spend her all of her days on the hilltop if she didn't have to head back to the small village to either get something to eat or use the bathroom.
"...when I receive my first pokemon and go on a journey." As you can probably tell from a lone teenage girl sitting on top of a hill outside of town at seven in the morning, (or maybe you can't, but whatever) Luvia isn't like most people her own age. Reasons for that would be: One, even though she's a type of person who could get along with anyone at her school, Luvia only has about one or two friends. Two, Luvia lacks confidence in her abilities, especially the ones she doesn't even know she has. Three, which also happens to the biggest reason, contrary to her peers Luvia has absolutely no interest in pokémon battles whatsoever.
As to why she doesn't want to travel around Hoenn, there are a number of theories that have been speculated. Perhaps she simply had no talent for pokemon battling or coordination, perhaps her shy and timid nature was holding her back, or perhaps she was just scared to death of pokemon; whatever the true reason for her hesitation may be the most common theory people went with was "because she's weird". And why wouldn't people think that of her that way? As far as the world was concerned going on a pokémon journey would be one of the most important things you get to do in your lifetime, a rite of passage really for any preteen.
However for now it would be best that you forget about what the other people in the town of Littleroot think of Luvia. Why? The answer is simple; she's the main protagonist of this story while most of the others won't appear in a single chapter. Regardless of whatever rumors that spread around the town about Luvia, here she was, just moments away of going to obtain her first pokemon from the Hoenn region's very own Professor Birch. Though she at least worked up enough courage to visit the lab and retrieve her first pokemon from the researcher that doesn't mean that Luvia was looking forward to it at all. Each of the starter pokemon seemed to be somewhat troublesome to her in their special way, she claimed that the fire type Torchic, would be too much to handle with its hyperactive attitude. The grass type Treecko, was too intimidating with its wide, yellow eyes. Finally, the water type Mudkip was a little... well, a Mudkip would always be a Mudkip. The girl stood up and began slowly making her way down the hill to avoid tripping over and getting to the bottom the fast, hard and painful way.
It only took a matter of minutes before Luvia found herself standing outside of Birch's research lab, as she walked up to the door her entire being was overtaken by anxiety due to her infamous panic attacks. While taking a few deep breaths to calm before going in but just as if the uncontrollable strains nervousness weren't enough a hooded figure had approached from behind while placing a hand on her shoulder making her let out a scream.
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to scare you Luvia." An apologetic male voice came from behind, specifically, a boy around the same age as me wearing blue jeans and a yellow green hoodie that covered his shoulder length chestnut, brown hair. Upon looking at his face Luvia immediately recognized him as Leonard Hughes, someone who was a close friend and had moved to Littleroot with his family about two years ago.
"Why are you here? You already have a Pokémon don't you?" Luvia looked away frantically as her face began to turn scarlet from embarrassment. Before he could answer the question, a man wearing green cargo shorts, a dark blue tee and a lab coat burst through the door, causing her to yelp again.
"Sorry about that, didn't mean to scare you miss, oh there are you Luvia and Leonard's here too. Well, don't just stand there come inside."
"It's always nice to see you as well Professor Birch." Leonard replied with a chuckle as he and Luvia walked into the Professor's lab. Inside the lab, the professor had many strange machines making weird noises which had both starting trainers feeling a little uneasy.
"Now Luvia, I know that you've been having some trouble choosing one of the starter pokémon we have here at the lab. Normally in this situation you would be provided with a Pokémon found in the local area such as Zigzagoon or Poochyena." The professor stated while pulling out a pokéball from one of the nearby machines.
"However recently I received a phone call from someone who was kind enough to donate this pokémon to start you on your journey." Opening the ball a mass of white light that formed into the pokémon's form before quickly dispersing, revealing a small fox with brown fur and brown eyes, big ears and a bushy tail.
"Eevee!? Man, Luvia you're so lucky." Leonard commented while the Professor handed both trainers six pokéballs and a small red device known as the pokédex.
"Now listen, before you both leave hear me out, on your journeys you'll definitely meet all sorts of pokémon and people with different ways of living. Obviously there will be times when the ideas and beliefs of others will conflict with your own but I want you two to know what's really important is how you grow on this adventure. Expand your horizon which will allow you to grow more as a person."