The Journey begins…
Matt stood outside his house breathing in the crisp early morning air. He was meeting his best friend Barry at the lake so they could try to see the legendary lake guardian. Of course, since Barry had the energy of Hyped up Pikachu he had probably ran around the lake a few times by now. Matt brushed the unnatural blue strand of hair that hung out from under his hat and took off towards lake Verity. He found Barry staring at something in the tall grass.
"Hey Barry. Whatcha looking at?" Matt asked.
"It looks like there's a briefcase in the grass. I kind of want to grab it to see what's inside." Barry said.
"Don't be stupid you'll get attacked by Wild Pokémon." Matt said.
"Yeah and then you can talk them away." Barry countered.
Matt frowned as Barry brought up his unusual ability to speak with Pokémon. It was something he had been born with and he always found it strange that no one else could.
"Yeah well I can't let you go in there alone. Who else could I hang out with?" Matt asked.
Barry smiled as he quickly ran into the grass towards the briefcase and Matt followed him. Barry grabbed the case and forget to latch it shut. He picked it up quickly and two Poké balls bounced out. They each picked one up and looked at eachother.
"Dude we should totally-" Barry started before Matt shook his head.
"No we are going to take these to Professor Rowan. If we take them for ourselves we're thieves." Matt said.
"Yeah I guess your righ- look out!" Barry said as a group of Starly hopped out of the grass.
"How did they sneak up on us?" Barry asked.
"We don't want any trouble… please we were just retrieving this." Matt said pointing at the briefcase.
"We know. But your intruding our territory. So we have to beat you up or a rival flock ill move in." The lead Starly said.
"But we aren't Pokémon!" Matt said.
"Yeah but- wait you can understand me?" The Starly asked.
"Yes. I can understand Pokémon." Matt said.
"Well that changes things. Kill the freak!" The Starly said.
"Barry throw the ball!" Matt yelled as he tossed his Pokéball into the air.
The ball opened and white light burst out to form a small monkey with a flaming tail.
"Reporting for duty Profess- your not the professor!" He said.
"Explain later! Starly attacking!" Matt said.
The Chimchar turned and faced the Starly. They stopped as Barry's Pokémon materialized as well. A Piplup stood next to Chimchar.
"You better back off ya stupid pigeons!" Chimchar growled.
"Or what monkey? We outnumber you five to one!" The boss said.
"Or, I will be eating roasted pigeon for the next few days." Chimchar said.
"That's right!" The Piplup said.
"Uh boss, they DO look a bit stronger than us. Maybe we should back off." One of the other Starly said.
"So you betray us Valkeriye ? Get the traitor boys!" Boss screeched.
The Starly began beating up on the one who had sPokén and Matt clenched his fist. He ran in between the flock and the Starly and took all of their attacks. When they stopped he had wounds from their beaks up and down his body.
"Anyone who would injure a friend deserves to be punished. Hey Chimchar, wanna make good on your threat?" He asked as blood dripped down off his arms.
The flaming primate obliged and spat fireballs at the flock who scattered and flew off. Barry and the two Pokémon ran over as Matt collapsed.
"I'm… fine. Just… a bit…" Matt grumbled as he slipped unconscious.
When he woke up again he was at home with Barry, the three Pokémon, his mother and a very cross looking man holding a pipe over him.
"Oh Matt! Are you okay? Everything feel normal?" His mother asked strangling him in a hug.
"Fine…mom. Can't… breathe." He said and she let go.
"Sorry I was just so worried when Barry brought you home." She said.
"I'm fine. A bit sore but everything feels okay." Matt said.
"Good… now I can do this." Barry said as he clocked Matt in the jaw.
"I think that may have broken something." Matt said sarcastically.
"What we're you thinking!? That Chimchar could have handled the whole Flock why did you run at them!?" Barry asked.
"Because they were going to hurt him. Speaking of which are you okay… Valkeriye was it?" Matt asked the Starly sitting on his bed.
"Yes thank you. Boss is always a pain but I never thought he would hurt me." She said.
"That's good to hear." Matt said with a sigh of relief.
"You- you can understand Pokémon?" The old man asked.
"Uh…yes sir." Matt said.
"Hmm, then that would explain the holes in your friends story. I am Professor Rowan. And those were my Pokémon that you found at the Lake." The man said.
"Uh yeah we were just going to return them. Then the Starly attacked." DJ said.
"Yes he told me. And due to your actions today I believe that you would make a fine trainer. If that is alright with Blaze?" Rowan said looking at the Chimchar.
The Chimchar gave a salute and Rowan smiled. He then turned to Barry.
"And you young man, Barry was it? You showed strength when your friend was in Peril. You to could make a very strong trainer." Rowan said.
"Really? I mean I'm always getting into trouble and well my mom says I'm kind of a Klutz and…" He continued to ramble for a few moments.
Eventually his Piplup sprayed him with water and he stopped.
"Right. Sorry. thanks." He said.
"Can you tell him my name is Torrient?" The Piplup asked.
"He says his name is Torrient." Matt said.
"Well Torrient, nice to meet you. I'm Barry." Barry said with a smile.
"Before you rush of…here." Rowan said handing a small red machine to Barry.
"What's this?" Barry asked.
"That is a Pokédex. On your journey I would like you to record any Pokémon you encounter. It will help with my research." Rowan said.
"Sweet! Thanks Professor." Barry said as he took off.
"That boy can never sit still… anyway, Matt since you aren't going to be at your best for awhile and I know you won't want to sit around here, Professor Rowan brought someone you can travel with. She's in charge of making sure you recover. Dawn?" Matt's mother called.
A girl with dark gray hair with bright red tips came up the stairs into his room. She had a white beanie hat, a white tee shirt with a red Pokéball on it and a gray jacket. A white scarf was wrapped loosely around her neck. A pair of blue jeans and white and red shoes rounded out the rest of her outfit.
"Hi I'm Dawn." She said with a wave.
"I'm Matt." He said as he sat up and found that his entire chest was wrapped in white bandages.
"Your lucky to be alive. Even weak Pokémon can kill people." She said.
"Yeah. So we are going to be traveling together?" He asked.
"Yep. I'm not much of a battler but I want to see the world so the Professor thought this would be the best for both of us." She said.
"Well I need to know if he wants to go." Matt said pointing at the Chimchar sitting on his bed.
"Are you kidding? You are probably one of the toughest humans I've seen. Sergeant Blaze reporting for Duty!" The Chimchar said.
"Then welcome aboard Sarge. What about you Valkeriye?" He said looking at the Starly.
"Well I can't go home so I'll go with you. Better than flying solo." She said.
"Then I just need to find a Poké ball…" Matt said.
"Here take one of mine. You can pay me back later." Dawn said tossing one to him.
He held it out and she pecked it with her beak.
"Starly captured. Registering." The ball said.
"Wait… don't I need a license?" Matt asked.
"Ah yes. I had one written up while you were unconscious. Here you go." Rowan said handing him a plastic ID card.
"Thank you Professor. Well I guess we should be going." Matt said as he climbed out of the bed. He still had his black jeans on though they had been patched up, he grabbed his Blue and Black scarf, a black shirt and gray jacket and his black and blue hat to cover up his mess of black hair.
"Can we have a moment to talk before you go?" His mom asked.
"Of course. Come Dawn, let us wait outside." Rowan said.
After they left she twirled her fingers in her four black braids and blew her blue strip of bangs to the side.
"Dear, are you going to be traveling? And with such a cute girl as well?" She asked with a mischievous grin.
Most kids would have been flustered by their parents jokes but Matt had grown up with only his mom around, she was the most unadult like parent he knew. For eighteen she had raised him by herself and he respected her for it now he was leaving her and she was going to be alone.
"I'll be fine mom. What about you?" He asked.
"Oh I don't know. I might go visit a few old friends. Maybe I'll see you out there." She said.
"Maybe. I'll be sure to call you every now and then." He said as he wrapped her in a hug.
"Just promise you'll be safe. That goes for you two as well." She said staring at Blaze and Valkeriye.
"Yes ma'am." Blaze said giving a salute.
"Of course." Valkeriye said with a bow.
"Good. Now I believe your 'friend' is waiting outside." She said with a chuckle.
Matt rolled his eyes and headed down the stairs and outside as Blaze and Valkeriye followed him.
"Are you ready to head out?" Dawn asked.
"Yep. Let's begin." Matt said.
The trainer duo headed out of Twinleaf and started a journey which would change the world.
So for anyone who doesn't know a Nuzlocke is where you play through a Pokémon game but if any of your Pokémon faint they are considered dead and cannot be used again. You can also only catch one Pokémon per area.