Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, nor do I own any canon characters who make appearances in the story! I only own my ocs!
This is my first fanfiction, and this story may not be as professional as some others are. Now, I am pleased to present:
Three Friends, One Journey: Kanto!
Allie Brandon walked down the dirt road of Pallet Town, Kanto. A slight spring in her step, she daydreamed about what will happen today. After she wakes up her lazy friends, she will get her very. first. POKÉMON! Dreaming about the day all of her friends will be 10 so they could start their journey together, Allie buried herself in piles of books on Pokémon, so she'd be ready. She even took the liberty of watching every Pokémon battle on TV she could. She walked up a walkway of a small house, passing a mailbox that read 'Moore'. She knocked on the door, and it was opened by a middle-aged woman with a cream colored bathrobe and brown hair.
"Allie!" She said "I knew you'd be here early! Come in! Come in! I'll go wake Jo!" The woman bustled off down the hall.
"There's toast and milk on the counter!" Mrs. Moore shouted over her shoulder. Allie giggled to herself at her friend's mother's habit of talking a lot. Making her way to the counter, she picked out a piece of toast and chewed it while daydreaming about what Pokémon she will catch.
"Allie? How the hay did you get up and dressed so early?!" Jo mumbled as she came into the room. Allie rolled her eyes at her friends' laziness.
"Get dressed! We have to meet Jack!" Allie exclaimed. Jo shuffled off, and Allie grabbed another piece of toast. Jo came in, her short brown hair still messy, and wearing a blue and purple shirt, with black jeans. Allie walked out the door with Jo, finishing off her toast.
"Don't you think that's a bit plain?" Allie asked, dusting the crumbs off her hands. Jo glared back at her.
"Don't you think that is a bit impractical?" She said, eyeing Allie's white blouse and plaid skirt. Allie shook her head and smoothed down her red pleated skirt.
"I've seen tons of girls wearing this when they set off on their Pokémon journeys," She explained. A blonde boy came into view in front of them. Allie waved him over.
"Jack! Over here!" she shouted to him. He ran forward, and Allie excitedly started jumping up and down, her ash-blonde pigtails bobbing. He ran over to them, wearing red jeans, blue v neck tee, and white sneakers.
"You guys ready?" he asked them. Allie smiled as they walked into the professor's lab.
"I have been ready for the past four years," she pointed out, and the other two gave a nod of agreement. Inside the lab was aging man with thick eyebrows and a lab coat.
"Hi. I'm Professor Oak. You must be Allie, Jo, and Jack," They all nodded eagerly. He led them over to a table with three pokeballs.
"Inside these pokeballs are three different Pokémon: Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charmander. Now-" Allie cut him off.
"I have already decided on what Pokémon I want," she explained, grabbing Squirtle's pokeball. She let it out of it's pokeball, revealing a small blue turtle with purple eyes. Professor Oak laughed.
"Squirtle, a water type. Excellent choice. Now for the othe,r two," he let out the other two, revealing a orange lizard with a flaming tail, and a four legged green Pokémon with a large seed on its back. Jack cautiously walked up to the lizard.
"This one seems cool!" He said. The pokemon's eyes lit up, and it jumped into his arms.
"Charmander, a fire type" Professor Oak told him. Jo picked up the green one and gave it a hug.
"Then I guess that leaves me with this cutie" She smiled at it, and it smiled back.
"Bulbasaur, a grass and poison type," Professor Oak explained to her. The three started to walk towards the door, but the professor stopped them and held out three red handheld devices.
"These are your pokedexes. They will identify any unknown Pokémon for you," he instructed them. Jo and Jack happily took them, but Allie refused it.
"I spent four years reading Pokémon books. If I don't know what Pokémon it is, it's my own fault," Allie said stubbornly.
"Well Allie, this pokedex also informs you about different facts about your Pokémon, such as their gender, nature, ability, and moves. For example, in yours, it tells us your Squirtle is male, has a brave nature, his ability is torrent, and his moves are tackle and tail whip," Professor Oak told her.
"Ok fine, I'll keep it, but I will never try to identify a Pokémon with it," Allie stuck it in her bag.
"You can also give your Pokémon a nickname if you choose," Professor Oak told them. Allie and Jack shook their heads, but Jo nodded excitedly.
"I'll name him... Barney!" she grinned from ear to ear, despite Allie's stare and Jack's eye roll. Jack and Allie recalled Squirtle and Charmander to their pokeballs, but Jo kept on carrying Barney.
"Barney would rather stay out here with me," she explained. The three walked out down the dirt road and Allie jumped up and down.
"This is so exciting! I always knew we would do this together! First stop: a gym battle!" She shouted, marching down the dirt road.
The dirt road quickly turned into large patches of rustling grass. A purple rat with large buck teeth ran out in front of them.
"It's a Rattata!" Allie squealed. Jack pulled out his pokedex and pointed it at it.
"Rattata, the mouse pokemon. It bites anything when it attacks. Small and very quick, it is a common sight in many places,". Allie quickly pulled out a pokeball.
"I'm going to capture it!" she chucked the pokeball at it, and seemingly catching it. She started to do a victory dance, thinking that she caught the Rattata.
"One of many, I bet!" Suddenly, the Pokémon broke out and ran away.
"Nooo! Come back!" She yelled to it, knowing it wouldn't listen. She slumped over and trudged along the path.
"Pidgey!" The three looked up to see a small, brown bird Pokémon flying overhead. Jo pulled out her pokedex this time.
"Pidgey, the tiny bird pokemon. It is a common sight in forests and woods. It flaps its wings at ground level to kick up blinding sand,".
"Cool! I want one!" She exclaimed before anyone else could call it.
"Go Barney!" She said to her starter next to her.
"What are you doing Jo?" Allie asked, confused.
"I'm going to try to weaken it before I catch it. That's smarter than just chucking a pokeball at it like some people I know!" She said.
"Now Barney, I want you to use..." she took a quick look at her pokedex "Tackle on that Pidgey when it lands," Barney nodded to her command. The Pidgey stopped flying and landed on the ground to peck at some leaves that had fallen from one of the overhead trees.
"Saaaauuuuur!" Barney growled. He ran as fast as he could, then tackled the Pidgey, and it flew back.
"Gey!" It squawked before using its wings to kick dirt and sand on Barney, just like the pokedex said.
"That was sand attack!" Allie called from the sidelines.
"Ok Barney, use tackle once more!" Barney tackled the Pidgey again.
"Ok! Now for the pokeball!" Jo threw an empty pokeball at the Pidgey, and it went inside. The pokeball shook one, two, three times. There was a tiny click and a burst of sparks from the pokeball, signaling a catch.
"Yeah! I caught a Pidgey!" Jo ran over to pick up her pokeball and mimicked Allie's victory dance from earlier.
"C'mon out Flappy!" Jo smiled, sending out her new Pidgey.
"Flappy? That's it's name?" Allie folded her arms and raised a confused eyebrow.
"Yup! My Pokémon, my nickname!" She marched further into the forest with her Pokémon, leaving Jack and Allie rolling their eyes behind her.
Jo slumped onto a tree stump and petted Barney. Flappy landed on her head and gently pecked at her uneven brown bob. Jack inspected her haircut.
"So you have short hair now?" he asked Jo. Allie answered for her.
" Yup. She took a pair of scissors and hacked it off last night," she then pouted at Jo "But I miss your long hair,". Jo stood up and changed the subject.
"So are we close to getting out or not?!" Allie took her backpack off and dug through it, and her hands emerged with a thick book titled 'The Regional Guidebook: Kanto Edition'. She flipped through page after page until she landed on a large, colorful map. She squinted at it and responded with "We'll have to camp out,". Jack flopped onto the ground and groaned. Jo rolled off the stump onto the ground next to him.
"Ditto," she moaned. Barney and Flappy laid down next to her, and Jack let out Charmander so he could do the same. Allie let Squirtle out and whispered something to him. They stood over them, and Allie prodded them with her foot. They just moaned and rolled over.
"Ok then. Squirtle, use tackle!" Squirtle stepped back, then charged toward them, and rammed right into them. After the attack, the lazy five admitted defeat and stood up.
"Barney, Charmander, build us a fire. Jack, Flappy, Jo, pitch the tent in my bag, as well as remove the sleeping bag, and your own. Squirtle, you're on kitchen duty with me!" The groups split up silently and did their work.
"The tent is ready!" Jack called out, pointing to the plain, patched up tent he had just set up.
"Char!" His starter said, pointing to the small fire he and Barney had built.
"And the peanut butter sandwiches are ready!" Squirtle passed them out to every one. When they were finished eating, they all piled into the tent, and fell fast asleep.
Allie's Team:
Squirtle- male, torrent ability, brave nature, moves are: Tackle and Tail Whip
Jack's Team:
Charmander- male, blaze ability, quirky nature, moves are: Scratch and Growl
Jo's Team:
Bulbasaur(Barney)- male, overgrow ability, bold nature, moves are: Tackle and Growl
Pidgey(Flappy)- male, keen eye ability, sassy nature, moves are: Tackle and Sand Attack
That's the first chapter! Please leave a review letting me know what you think of my characters, story, and, of course, what I can improve! Thank you!
Update: I fixed the grammar and added more details!