Standing aloof at a train station, Misty ignored the world. She hated trips. She has to travel to another region – Unova – to attend a conference. Her presence was significant to the lot. She, after all, was part of the Elite four. Replacing Lorelei, she just started abruptly last year, as of the month of August. New as she is to the industry, her performance was off the charts. The Pokémon League was even harder to beat; the challengers couldn't even face the Dragon Master. They would always be jammed on the same spot, as Misty show off her daunting skills.

The bus would arrive in a matter of minutes; it would be a long trip. At the age of 35, she had only one child, which she named David. David, at present, was only 11 years old. Old enough to be Pokémon Trainer, In fact, right now as we speak, David is somewhere off in a region, discovering. Like his mom had once did. David's father, Dale, a Pokémon Researcher, also a colleague of the famous Gary Oak, was also somewhere rambling off in an another region. Quite a family, eh?

Not a minute after 3, the train had arrived. And Misty was off to Unova.

Ash Ketchum, the ever popular trainer of Kanto, and the pride of Pallet Town was enjoying a hot cup of coffee in his Kitchen, whilst, reading the morning paper. Life for him was anything but laid-back, and languid. It was always hectic and fast, not this day, though. It was Saturday; he had called his secretary earlier this morning, and told her to cancel everything, so that he could spend time with his daughter, Kate. His one and only offspring was still tucked off in bed, snoring heavily. They would go out fishing this morning, since, Kate, was rather fond of the sea and fishing itself, and they would drop a quick visit to Professor Oak – Gary Oak, that is. Since, Professor Oak, his grandpa, is retired – to let Kate choose her starter.

Ash heard a soft noise upstairs, indicating that Kate was already awake. She slowly moved her pace down the stairs, stretching when she got to the 3rd step and waddled on. "Good morning, Dad."

"Good morning, dear."

Kate marched towards her father and gave him a kiss in the cheek. "Are we going to go fishing now?" she asked, jumping up and down.

"Yes, of course, princess. But eat your breakfast first, okay?" Ash got up, went to the pan, and got a stack of pancakes from it, served it to his daughter and sat down again.

Kate immediately sat down, and devoured everything from the plate, adding extra honey now and then. Just like her father. "So, Dad, where are we going fishing?" she asked between bites.

"Hmm. I think I know just the place."

"Where?"

"It's a secret special place."

"Where?" Kate asked again.

Ash just smiled and winked at her, then went off doing something else.

Kate eyed his father skeptically and eventually gulped in down with juice and shrugged it away. It didn't take long for her to consume everything, for she took mammoth bites. She stood up and paced from the corners of the room, stopped when she stumbled across a drawer, opened it, and retrieved a box.

"What are you doing, sweetheart?"

"Oh, I'm searching for the bait I'm going to use."

"Okay."

Ash continued to read the paper, eyes glued to an article. There was a bombing in Sinnoh, the bomb went off around 4 am yesterday, another terrorist group on the loose. When her daughter exclaimed, "What's this Dad?"

Ash looked over the paper, and found out that her daughter was holding a lure. Misty's lure. The one she gave him decades ago. He held his breath briefly and let it out.

"Who is she?"

"That's my first travelling companion."

"Huh?"

"Yes, it's no fun to travel alone. I'm pretty lucky to have bumped into her."

"Will I also have a travelling companion?" Kate asked, afraid of the idea of travelling alone.

"Of course, Kate."

"Have I seen her before?"

"I think not."

"Was she nice?"

Ash chuckled at the thought of Misty being nice. "Sometimes," Ash said, smiling.

"What do you mean by sometimes?"

"Oh. Let's not play question and answer. How about we get ready and head off?"

"Fishing?" she asked excitedly.

"Yes, fishing."

"Can I use this lure?" She pleaded quietly, still holding Misty's lure.

Ash thought about this for a while. He remembered how silly he was to fight Dawn over it when he was still travelling. Why not? It was his daughter after all. "Sure."

After minutes of packing, and getting ready, at last, they were finally equipped and prepared. They drove off north of Pallet, to the direction of Viridian and stopped a couple of miles away from the city. They got off the car, got their gears, and settled near the bank of the river.

The heat of the sun wasn't scorching hot, it was till 6am. The sun had barely shown. They sat accordingly to their liking, and began fishing.

It was after 30 minutes when they decided that the fish weren't biting, but still continued doing it anyway. "Dad," Kate asked, out of nowhere. "What's so special about this place, anyway?"

"Remember the girl from the lure you're using now?"

"Yes."

"This place is where I found her," Ash stopped, and chortled lightly. "I mean, where she found me."

"And why is that special, Dad?"

"Because," Ash grinned at her daughter. "This is where she got her biggest bite, yet."

Not understanding what he meant, she stared at the river for a moment, and asked, "Where is she now?"

"She's here, I think. Or she's roaming in another region."

"When's the last you you've seen her?"

"When I was 18," Ash replied blankly.

"WOW! That's a long time, daddy! Do you miss her?"

"Oh, I miss a lot of people."

Kate eyeballed his father and took a mental note to bombard him with questions later on.

And for hours, they would sit still and fish meagerly away.

Kate was finally set to venture her own destiny. Yesterday she had gone fishing with her father, which she caught a Psyduck with the use of her Father's lure, and she asked him if she could keep it, and he paused for a moment or two, looked at her straight in the eye, and said no. He told her that it was special to him. Instead, he gave her another lure, a blue shaped sphere ball. She didn't press questions, for she knew how it important it was to him. She was his 1st friend, after all. But she'll always remember that red-haired girl, winking, frozen in time. And she hoped that she would meet her soon. And, they went to Professor Oak to get her starter Pokémon. She had to choose either of the three: Charmander, Bulbausur and Squirtle. She chose Charmander, and they got along easily. Together with Charmander and Psyduck, she was all fixed and ready to go.

She woke up early this morning, took a bath, brushed her teeth and bade his father Goodbye with the promise of calling him once a week and then she was gone.

She was in the Viridian Forest when she got herself into a battle with a boy who's about a year older than her. Specializes in dragon Pokémon, he said.

"Hey, twerp, wanna battle?" the boy asked, sizing her on for size. "Well, it's obvious that I'm gonna win anyway, so why bother?"

"Oh, yeah?"

"YEAH!"

"YEAH?"

"YEAH!"

"YEAH?"

"YEAH!"

Unconsciously both were in a fighting stance, and both were continually enjoying their little banter. A few rounds later, they broke out chuckling, and the older one put his hand on forward, in the motion of a handshake and said, "Name's David. What's yours?"

"I'm Kate." She said, thrusting her hand on his, forming a handshake.

"So, Kate what're ya doing here?" David said, breaking off the shake.

"Heading to Pewter City, gonna challenge the Gym Leader."

"On your way to the Pokémon League, huh?"

"Yeah. What about you?"

"I'm training to be a Pokémon Researcher. My Father is a Pokémon Researcher."

"Where are you heading?"

"Pewter City, too. I stopped by here to check on the bug types. My mom hates bugs, but they're interesting, you know?" David stopped and looked at her. "Uhmm. You wouldn't mind going together, do you?"

Kate grinned widely and nodded.

She just found her 1st travelling companion.