Okay, this is my first ever fanfic so be nice. There are characters in this story that are based on the anime, game and manga, but I choose their Pokemon. Any other trainers you'd like to suggest please put a description of the trainer, their personality, appearance and Pokemon. I don't own anything of Pokemon. Now, on with the show!
Prologue
"Pikachu, Thunder!"
"Blastoise, Protect!"
It was the final round of the Indigo League; Jack against his rival Dan, Jack's Pikachu against Dan's Blastoise. Jack was 13 and had brown hair, brown eyes, a red sleeveless jacket, black shirt, blue jeans, red-and-black sneakers, a yellow backpack with a VS Seeker on the strap and a red cap with a white Pokeball imprint. Dan had spiky brown hair, a black shirt, purple jeans, a silver bag across the waist and black shoes.
The two had been rivals as far as they could remember and it had all built up to this. Blastoise had cast a blue aurora around itself, blocking the Thunder.
"Don't give up, Pikachu! Use Shock Wave!" Jack cried. Pikachu launched a bolt of lightning that hit Blastoise directly. The shellfish Pokemon seemed to step back, as though it was hit hard.
"We got him now, Pikachu! Iron Tail!" Pikachu's tail glowed as it charged toward Blastoise.
"You didn't think that actually hurt Blastoise, did ya? Now, Hydro Pump!" Suddenly it all came apparent to Jack with horror. Blastoise wasn't hurt at all; it was bending back to fire it's cannons.
"Pikachu, get out of the way!" Too late. Pikachu was blown back by two jets of water into the stadium wall. It had fainted.
"Pikachu is unable to battle. Blastoise wins!" The referee called. Jack pulled out a Thunder Ball, a gold-and-red ball.
"Pikachu, return." A beam of red light shot out at Pikachu, who was then recalled into the ball. "You were great out there." Jack put the Thunder Ball back and pulled out a Pokeball with a large flame sticker on the top.
"You're my last chance." Jack thought. "Go, Charizard!" The Pokeball opened and in a flash of light, a orange dragon like Pokemon with a flame on its tail appeared, roaring as it came.
"And Jack has chosen a Charizard to battle Dan's Blastoise! Better say goodbye to your fingernails, ladies and gentlemen!" The announcer called. On paper, Jack's odds were very low. But Jack had trust in Charizard since it was a Charmander, and hoped it could pull this off. The referee waved the flags and the battle began.
"Let's make this quick, Blastoise! Hydro Pump!" Dan cried. Blastoise launched the jets of water at Charizard.
"Charizard, Dragonbreath!" Charizard shot out a golden jet of flame at the Hydro Pump. The two attacks kicked up a wave of smoke.
"How does Charizard know Dragonbreath?" Dan asked, puzzled, across the battlefield.
"You'll be surprised at what the Pokerus can do." Jack replied coolly. "Charizard, aim a Dragonbreath at Blastoise's legs!" Charizard fired another golden flame as Jack commanded. It didn't seem to paralyse as Jack had hoped, because Blastoise was charging towards Charizard.
"Charizard, get into the air quickly!" shouted Jack. Charizard took off but Blastoise jumped up and landed on Charizard's back! The dragon was having a hard time manoeuvring because of Blastoise's bulk. This must have been what Dan had planned; if Charizard tried to fly, Blastoise would weaken it by jumping onto it. Charizard finally got the shellfish off, but that was bad; it was now a sitting duck.
"Now Blastoise, Hydro Pump!" yelled Dan. Blastoise fired the jets again and Jack's mouth formed the word, "No." Jack thought back to the beginning of his journey, when he and his twin sister Laura chose their Pokemon. He remembered seeing Charmander for the first time, beating Dan's Squirtle, taking a Pinsir head-on in Viridian Forest, beating Flint's Onix in Pewter City, helping capture Pikachu in Pewter and all the other Pokemon, evolving into Charmeleon on the S.S Anne, evolving into Charizard in the Silph Corporation building… how quick time flies, he thought. He was brought back to Earth by the announcer.
"I don't believe what I'm seeing, ladies and gentlemen!" Jack swivelled around and saw Charizard breathing a large gust of flame at the water. Jack pulled out his Pokedex. What was going on?
"Charizard's default move, Heat Wave. When combined with the ability Blaze it can viciously burn anything in it's path." Dexter (what the Pokedex was referred as, despite it's voice being female) explained. Sure enough, the jets had been reduced to steam.
"Yes! I knew you could do it, Charizard!" Jack called to the Fire-type.
"Don't get your hopes up!" Dan called across. "Blastoise, Ice Beam! Knock it out of the sky!" Blastoise's cannons launched white-and-blue beams at Charizard. But it swerved seamlessly out of the way. It was Red's turn to rain on the other's parade.
"Charizard, Dragonbreath!" Charizard launched a dragon flame at Blastoise.
"Quick, Blastoise, jump out of the way!" The Water-type jumped obediently but it's legs came in contact with the Dragonbreath. When it landed, it stayed rooted to the spot.
"Blastoise, Body Slam!" Dan yelled. But Blastoise couldn't. It jumped, or at least, tried to; the Dragonbreath had paralysed it's legs. Now Blastoise was a sitting duck.
"I don't think so! Blastoise, Hydro Pump!" The jets shot out.
"Charizard, Heat Wave!" Jack cried. Another gust of flame rocketed toward the Hydro Pump. It turned it into steam and struck Blastoise hard.
"Anyone for steamed Blastoise?" Jack joked to the crowd.
"Not funny!" Dan roared.
"Okay, okay, joke's over." Jack called reassuringly. "Anyway, Charizard, Fire Spin!" The flame turned seamlessly into a more focused jet that snaked its way around Blastoise. It was trapped. It had already exhausted itself from the Heat Wave and now it couldn't squirt it's way out.
"Let me show you some real firepower, Blue! Charizard, Blast Burn!" Jack yelled.
"What the-" Dan began, but his question was answered. Charizard had reared it's head back and launched a colossal fireball right at the tornado. The Fire Spin broke away in a stream of embers as Blastoise was blown back into the stadium wall. It tried to continue, it even walked forward a few steps into the arena, but it soon gave up and fell. Everything seemed dreamlike all of the sudden. The referee's voice sounded far away.
"Blastoise is unable to battle. The winner of the Indigo League is Red and Charizard!"
Cheers bellowed around the stadium.
Dan looked crestfallen. Jack just stood there, blown back.
People were murmuring, "What's up? Shouldn't he be happy?" Jack pinched his leg. It hurt. There was silence. Then…
"WOO-HOO!" Jack yelled. The cheering re-erupted in full blast. Jack put his two fingers together and whistled. Charizard swooped down and Jack climbed on. The Fire-type took off and did a victory lap around the stadium, launching Flamethrowers into the distance. Charizard stopped near a girl at his age with long brown hair, wearing a blue vest, red skirt, yellow bag (looking like a handbag), red-and-white t
Sneakers and a white wide-brimmed hat with a red Pokeball imprint. This was Laura, his twin sister and runner-up in the Indigo League.
"Wanna come for a ride?" Jack asked.
"Of course." Laura replied calmly, smiling. She hopped on to Charizard's back, and then it took off. Jack was in a state of euphoria; he had done it, he had beaten the toughest challenge he ever had to face. Something tougher would come, though…
And that's the prologue to how Jack became Champ. By the way, Jack and Dan's names came from my trainer and my rival in Pokemon Blue; there's no default name select in FireRed and LeafGreen so I had to use the monikers in Blue.
Next chapter: Jack gets an invitation and the Viridian Gym Leader auditions are in full swing… Until then, bye!