Hey, everyone, this is the beginning of the first volume of my Pokémon story, I hope you all enjoy.
OST: Pokemon Season 1 Music: Pokemon, I Choose You!
The world of Pokémon, a fascinating and wondrous place. Inhabited by people, animals and Pokémon alike, it's a prospering world.
Pokémon, mysterious creatures with amazing powers, are what makes this world unique. Pokémon and humans coexist peacefully and even work together to complete tasks. But the most common way for people and Pokémon to bond is through Pokémon battles, contests of skill and strategy that test the trainer's wits and the Pokémon's power.
At about age ten, kids can qualify to be Pokémon trainers and receive their first Pokémon and go out on their own journey. These journeys span hundreds of miles and millions of adventures, they are truly unforgettable events. But, let's just say that not everyone is so lucky...
A young boy, about age ten, was sitting in a chair, listening to his parents speaking to him. His hair was brown and spiky, his eyes were also brown. He was wearing an orange T-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers.
"Son, Professor Elm gave us a call today." the boy's father said.
"Did I qualify to be a Pokémon trainer?" the boy asked.
"No. You didn't." the mom replied.
"What? Why?" the boy asked.
"Do you remember what the professor said about spaces being limited?" the mom asked.
"Yes." the boy said.
"Well, other more-qualified trainers, as he said, got those spaces." the dad said.
The boy's face dropped and he crossed his arms.
"Don't worry, Kody, you can try again next year." the boy's mom assured.
"No, forget it." the boy known as 'Kody' said getting up.
"Where are you going?" Kody's dad asked.
"Upstairs." Kody said, going up the staircase.
As Kody walked up the stairs, there was a knock on the front door.
"That must be the new neighbors." Kody's mom said.
OST: Pokemon Season 1 Music: Prayer
Kody walked into his bedroom and shut the door. There were a lot of pictures on the walls, all of them showed one of two people, one of which who looked like an older version of Kody, and the other was Ash Ketchum.
"My heroes." Kody said, "My brother, and Ash Ketchum."
Kody laid down on his bed, he looked up at the Indigo Plateau posters that hung on his ceiling.
"I'll never make it there." Kody said sadly.
Moments later, there was a knock on the door.
"I'm coming." Kody moaned.
Kody got up, walked to the door and opened it. Kody expected to see one of his parents, but he was greeted by a white, brown haired girl, just a bit younger than him. The girl was wearing a pink T-shirt, denim shorts and white shoes.
"Hi, my name is Gwen, my family just moved into the neighborhood." the girl known as 'Gwen' said, "Your parents, and my parents, thought it would be nice if you could play outside with me."
Kody sighed.
"I've got nothing better to do." Kody said.
Kody followed Gwen down the stairs and out the front door.
OST: Pokemon Season 1 Music: Setting off
A few minutes later, the two of them were playing catch in the house's front yard.
"Hey, Kody?" Gwen asked, catching the ball.
"Yes?" Kody replied.
"Do you have any dreams?" Gwen asked.
"Well, I've always wanted to be a Pokémon trainer." Kody said.
"That's cool." Gwen said, "I have dreams of becoming a Pokémon Coordinator."
"Pokémon Coordinator?" Kody asked, "The people who compete in Pokémon Contests?"
"Yep." Gwen replied.
A moment later, a few kids, about the same age as the twosome, were passing by the house.
"Hey, Kody!" one of the kids said, "When are you going to get a Pokémon?"
"I've put that dream behind me." Kody replied.
"What?" Gwen asked, "You just told me you wanted to be a Pokémon trainer."
"I wanted to." Kody said, "But I couldn't qualify."
"Oh. Well here, you can check out my Pokémon." the kid said, throwing a Pokéball into the air.
A stream of white energy came out of the Pokéball, the energy formed into a Pokémon that looked like a round owl.
"It's a Hoothoot, pretty cool, huh?" the kid asked.
"Yeah, cool," Kody said, a hint of jealousy in his voice.
"See you around." the kid said.
The kids passed by the twosome, but the last one, a boy with dark red hair, a dark purple shirt, purple pants and black shoes, walked over to the twosome
"You know what, I heard that one of the professor's Pokémon escaped from his lab before the trainers could come." the boy said, "It's supposedly in the woods to the northeast."
"Uh...thanks." Kody replied.
"No problem." the boy said.
The boy began to walk off.
"What's your name?" Kody asked.
"Silver." the boy said before walking into the distance.
Kody stood there, thinking deeply about what the boy, Silver, said.
"If I can find that Pokémon, maybe I'll finally qualify to be a Pokémon trainer." Kody thought.
"Kody? Earth to Kody?" Gwen asked.
"Huh?" Kody asked.
"You spaced out for a moment." Gwen said.
"Oh, sorry." Kody said.
"Gwen, it's time to go!" Gwen's dad said as he and Gwen's mom walked out of Kody's house.
"Coming!" Gwen replied, "This was fun. Let's play again soon."
"Sure." Kody said.
Gwen's family walked back to their home.
Later that night, Kody was feeling excited about the next day.
"Well, you seem much happier than you did a few hours ago." Kody's mom said as Kody got in his bed.
"Let's just say that things weren't as bad as they seemed." Kody said.
"Okay then." Kody's mom said as Kody pulled his blanket up, "Good night."
"Good night, mom." Kody said.
Kody's mom kissed Kody's cheek and then left the room and shut the door and the light off.
"Tomorrow, I'll have my chance." Kody said.
Later, in the forest, Kody was searching for the Pokémon.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are." Kody said.
A nearby bush began to shake.
"There you are." Kody said.
Kody approached the bush, but a huge Pokémon came out and roared at him.
(OST: Pokemon Season 1 Music: Absolute Death)
"Ahh!" Kody screamed as he ran away from the beast.
The monstrosity chased Kody through the woods, but they eventually came to a shoreline.
"A dead end?!" Kody exclaimed.
Kody looked back and saw the Pokémon getting closer. Moments later, the water began to bubble.
"What's that?" Kody asked.
A huge pillar of water shot out of the sea and into the air.
"Whoa." Kody said.
There was a silhouette of a sleek, two-winged Pokémon in the pillar. The Pokémon sent forth a huge burst of energy, which engulfed Kody.
"Agh!" Kody gasped, waking up in a cold sweat.
Kody looked around, making sure he was in his room.
"Just a dream, thank goodness." Kody said.
Kody got up and remembered what he was going to do that day.
"Time to go find that Pokémon." Kody said.
Kody changed into his day clothes and grabbed his bug-catching net, berries, some snacks and trap supplies. Kody went downstairs and to the front door.
"I'm going out!" Kody said.
"Okay," Kody's mom replied.
Kody left the house and began to make his way to the nearby forest. Halfway there, he passed by Gwen's house.
"Hi, Kody!" Gwen said as Kody passed by.
"Hi, Gwen!" Kody replied.
"Where are you going?" Gwen asked.
But Kody was too far away to answer that question.
"Hmm." Gwen said, "Mom, I'm going to go play with Kody!"
"That's fine, dear." Gwen's mom said.
Gwen ran off, to follow Kody.
OST: Pokemon Season 1 Music: Pikachu Arrives
Minutes later, in the forest, Kody was searching for the Pokémon.
"Alright, where are you?" Kody asked.
A nearby bush shook.
"Gotcha!" Kody exclaimed, swinging the net down.
Gwen stood up from the bush and the net engulfed her whole upper body.
"Hey!" Gwen screamed.
"Gwen?!" Kody asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Finding out what you're up to." Gwen replied, "But now it seems that I'm the target of a bug hunt."
"Sorry about that." Kody said, "Let me help"
Kody pulled the bug net off of Gwen.
"What are you even doing out here?" Gwen asked.
"One of those kids told me that one of the Professor's Pokémon escaped before the new trainers arrived, so I'm going to go find it." Kody replied.
"Do you even know which Pokémon went missing?" Gwen asked.
Kody face palmed himself.
"No," Kody said, "I didn't even think about asking the Professor."
"Then we should go do so." Gwen said, "Otherwise we'll be on a wild goose chase."
"Good idea." Kody said, "Let's go."
Kody and Gwen left the forest to go to Professor Elm's lab.
OST: Pokémon Anime BGM - All's Well That Ends Well (1997~1998-M41)
A little later, at Elm's lab, Kody and Gwen had just arrived.
"Hello?" Kody asked, knocking on the door, "Anybody home?"
"Is that you, Kody?" Elm's voice called out from inside the building.
"Yes." Kody replied.
"Come in, the door's unlocked." Elm said.
Kody and Gwen opened the door and they were immediately met by a round, big-tailed Pokémon who excitedly leapt onto Kody, knocking him over.
"Oh my gosh!" Gwen exclaimed, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah...I'm fine." Kody said.
"Sentret, get off of him!" Professor Elm said, approaching the kids.
"Sentret!" the Sentret said, jumping off of Kody.
"Sorry, he gets excited when guests visit." Elm said.
"Yeah, I got that." Kody said.
"I'm actually surprised to see you here, what with you not qualifying and all." Elm said before noticing Gwen, "I take it that you're the new kid."
"Yes, I am." Gwen replied, "We came because we had a few questions to ask."
"Well, come ask them in back, I have to feed the Pokémon." Elm said.
Elm, Kody and Gwen went behind the lab and watched as quite a few Johto-native Pokémon came out.
"So, what'd you want to ask?" Elm asked, filling food bowls for the Pokémon.
"I heard about the Pokémon that escaped." Kody said, "And I was wondering which kind it was."
"Why do you want to know?" Elm asked.
"If I happened to see it, I'd like to know whether or not it's yours." Kody said.
"Well, I guess I might as well show you." Elm said, pulling out his Pokédex.
Elm pressed a few buttons and a picture of an aqua-blue Pokémon with a big jaw popped up.
"Totodile: the Big Jaw Pokémon: Prone to bite anything with its strong jaws, even Totodile's Trainer must be very careful when handling it." Elm's Pokédex said.
"Sounds like quite a handful." Kody said, "Why did he run off?"
"He's a bit of a jokester." Elm said, "He thought we were playing chase once and he escaped when I wasn't looking."
"Thanks for letting me know." Kody said, "Come on, Gwen, let's go."
Kody looked at Gwen saw her petting and rubbing all of the Pokémon.
"You're all just so cute!" Gwen said.
"This may take a while." Kody and Elm said.
Some time later, Kody and Gwen had made their way back to the forest.
"Okay, now we know what we're after." Kody said.
"What next?" Gwen asked.
"We set some traps." Kody said, "And hope for the best."
OST: Pokémon Anime BGM - Bug-Catching Contest (1999~2001-M24)
Kody and Gwen got the trap supplies out, some ropes and duct tape. The twosome made a pitfall trap with some branches and dirt, a tripwire trap and dropping net trap combo and a trap where it catches, and hangs you from, your foot. The traps were spread out the area. Gwen also, accidentally, tested the last trap, the rope one.
"Well, we know they work." Gwen said hanging from the last listed trap.
Kody rolled his eyes and helped Gwen down.
"Now what?" Gwen asked, standing up.
"We wait." Kody said.
Minutes later, Kody and Gwen were sitting behind a bush, playing 'Qwilfish' (Gwen brought it).
"Got any fours?" Kody asked.
"Nope. Qwilfish." Gwen said.
Kody took a card from the deck and studied Gwen's hand, which only had one card left.
"Do you have any..." Gwen said, but a nearby noise interrupted her.
"I think its here." Kody said, putting his cards down.
"Just when I was winning." Gwen said, putting the cards away.
Kody and Gwen peeked over the bush and saw something approach their traps, and that something was...
"Totodile." Kody said, "There he is."
"Hopefully he takes the berry bait." Gwen said, referring to a pile of berries they put by the each trap.
"Get into position." Kody said.
Kody and Gwen moved over to the pitfall trap, waiting for the Totodile.
The Totodile walked towards the pitfall trap and saw the berries in the middle of it..
"Tota!" the Pokémon exclaimed.
The Totodile ran right over the pitfall trap and snagged the berries without the trap opening.
"What?!" Kody asked, running onto the pitfall trap, "How'd this not work!?"
"Kody?" Gwen said.
"What?" Kody asked as Gwen pointed at the trap he was standing on, "Oh..."
The trap opened up, dropping Kody into the pit below.
"Ow." Kody moaned.
The Totodile looked into the pit and hopped away, laughing.
"Don't worry." Gwen said, "The next one will get him."
"If you say so." Kody said, getting himself out of the pit.
A few minutes later, Kody and Gwen had gotten to the next trap, the tripwire and net combo.
"There he is." Kody said, seeing Totodile near the trap, "Get into position."
Kody readied the tripwire trap and Gwen prepped the net.
Totodile came a bit later, saw the berries and reacted like he did last time. He ran right to the clothesline trap.
Kody yanked on the rope, but his timing just caused it to launch Totodile into the air. Kody began to give chase.
Totodile flew through the air, bounced off the net, causing Gwen to drop it and landed on the ground.
"Got you!" Kody said, just before the net dropped on him.
"To-ta!" Totodile said, bowing, before eating the berries and running off.
"I'm sorry!" Gwen said, trying to help Kody out of the net.
"Now I know how you felt." Kody said.
"Don't worry, we have one trap left." Gwen said, "Third time's the charm."
After getting the net off, Kody and Gwen made their way to the final trap.
"One last chance." Kody said, moving into position.
The Totodile came by the berries after Kody and Gwen hid, he looked at the berries and ran over to them. He began to munch on the fruit.
Kody yanked on the rope and finally caught the Totodile.
(OST: Pokémon Anime BGM - Fanfare! Get Pokémon (1997~1998-M32))
"Yes!" Kody exclaimed, "I caught the Totodile!"
"Yay!" Gwen cheered.
Kody approached the upside down Totodile.
"I finally caught you." Kody said, "What do you have to say to that?"
Totodile opened his mouth but he didn't say anything; instead, he sprayed a stream of water right in Kody's face.
"Pleh! Pleh! My mouth was open and everything!" Kody yelled.
Totodile just laughed before cutting the rope with his claws and running off.
(OST: Pokemon Season 1 Music: Silly Psyduck)
"After him!" Kody yelled.
Kody and Gwen gave chase.
"Get back here!" Kody said.
Totodile just kept running.
"Ah-ha!" Kody said leaping at Totodile, but missing.
"I got him!" Gwen said, trying to grab Totodile, but he just jumped over her.
Kody got back up and ran after Totodile.
"You're mine!" Kody said.
Totodile jumped up a tree.
Kody couldn't stop in time and ran into the same tree, shaking it violently.
Totodile's just laughed harder and harder.
"Kody, you okay?" Gwen asked.
"I am, but that Totodile won't be when I get my hands on him." Kody said.
Suddenly a bunch of golden-yellow cocoon Pokémon dropped out of the tree.
"Are they what I think they are?" Gwen asked.
"Kakuna." Kody said, "Let's just hope that they aren't ready to..."
The group of Kakuna began to glow in a light-blue color and change shape.
"Evolve!" Kody and Gwen cried.
"Run?" Gwen asked.
"Run." Kody said.
(OST: Pokemon Season 1 Music: Pokemon Battle!)
Kody and Gwen ran off.
"Wait, the Totodile!" Kody said turning back towards the evolving Kakuna.
Totodile watched as the Kakuna finished evolving into Beedrill, which flew up at the Water-type.
"Get away from him!" Kody said, picking up a rock and throwing it at the Beedrill.
The Beedrill turned towards Kody and flew at him, stingers ready.
"KODY!" Gwen cried.
But before the Bedrill could attack, a sudden stream of water blew them down.
Kody looked up at Totodile, who jumped over to him a moment later.
"Thanks." Kody said.
The Beedrill got back up.
"RUN!" Kody and Gwen said.
Kody, Gwen and Totodile began to run like their lives depended on it, cause they did. But, eventually, they came to a shoreline
"Wait." Kody said, "This was in my dream."
"Well it's about to become our nightmare!" Gwen said.
As the Beedrill drew closer, Kody had an idea.
"Totodile, can you battle?" Kody asked.
Totodile nodded.
"Good," Kody said, "Use Water Gun!"
Totodile sprayed a bunch of water, blowing some Beedrill away.
"Now use Scratch attack!" Kody said.
Totodile leapt up and began scratching the Beedrill.
"Now use...!" Kody said, but a sudden attack from a Beedrill hitting Totodile interrupted him, "TOTODILE!"
Totodile fell to the ground, purple bubbles appearing over him.
"He's been poisoned!" Gwen said.
The Beedrill readied another attack.
"NO!" Kody said, running to the Pokémon and standing between him and the Beedrill.
"If you want him, you have to go through me!" Kody said, "Because all life is valuable, but another's is more important than mine!"
The Beedrill ignored the speech and fired a bunch of Poison Sting attacks.
Kody braced for the worst.
"KODY!" Gwen cried
(OST: Pokemon 2000- Lugia's Theme)
Without warning, a huge pillar of water burst out of the ocean and the silhouette of the Pokémon from Kody's dream could be seen in there. A low, yet loud, whale-like call could be heard from the pillar. Seconds later, huge streams of water came from it and shot all of the Bedrill away.
"Kody, the Beedrill are gone." Gwen said.
Kody opened his eyes and saw the Beedrill retreating.
"How?" Kody asked.
"I think you'll have to look for yourself." Gwen said, looking at the water pillar.
Kody turned around and saw the pillar. He picked up Totodile and walked to where Gwen was.
"Thanks, whoever or whatever you are." Kody said.
"I saved you because it was my duty." the Pokémon said telepathically.
"Your duty? Who sent you?" Gwen asked.
"All I can say is that you are important." the Pokémon said, "All of you."
"What?" Kody asked.
"Goodbye, for now." the Pokémon said.
The water pillar receeded back into the ocean.
"Who was that?" Gwen asked.
"I don't know," Kody said, "But I do know that have to get Totodile back to the lab, or else it's curtains."
"Let's go." Gwen said.
In all the chaos, nobody saw who was watching everything.
"Well, this is getting juicy." Silver said, coming out from behind a bush, "It's best I head back too."
Will Kody and Gwen get Totodile back to the lab in time? Will Kody ever be a Pokémon trainer? Who was that mysterious Pokémon and what's with him? What is that boy, Silver, up to? Find out...next time!
Well. that was the first chapter. I hope you enjoyed this premiere, because there's a lot more on the way.
Powerhouse out.