Disclaimer-I don't own Pokémon. If I did, you would all bow down to me as your Pokémon overlord

In a world different to ours. Where cats and dogs and other household pets don't exist. Where, instead of animals, strange creatures roam the lands. What are these creatures, I hear you ask? Well, that question has a simple answer: Pokémon.

This story is set in the Kanto region, but not in the Kanto region as we know it. Pokémon from Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh have emigrated to live in Kanto. The legendary Pokémon have gone into hiding, for fear of being tortured and used for evil. The evil teams (Rocket, Aqua, Magma, and Galactic) have joined forces to form 1 evil team, which is based in the heart of the Kanto region. This FanFic is based very loosely on the FireRed and LeafGreen Pokémon games. Now that the intro is done, on with the story!

BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!BEE-

Zed turned off his alarm clock. The day had finally come; he was thirteen, and therefore eligible to become a Pokémon trainer. Not so long ago, the rule had been that when you turned 10 years old, you would receive a Pokémon, but ever since that girl had been mauled by that rabid Igglybuff, the rules had changed. Half the kids didn't even become Pokémon trainers nowadays. They became doctors, or breeders. With so many wild Pokémon in one environment, it was very easy to get yourself hurt.

Zed pulled on his clothes. He was graduating from Pallet Town's small trainer school. Small being used in the literal sense. The school only had four pupils. These pupils were Zed, Daniel (Zed's best friend), Penny, and Gary who was Professor Oak's (the world renowned Pokémon professor) grandson. Today, they would all receive one of nine different starter Pokémon, five Poke balls, and a Pokédex.

Zed stepped out of the bungalow where he lived. He breathed in the clear, Pallet Town air. In the sky, Pidgey were flying in flocks, while Rattata were running around the streets.

As Zed began the familiar walk to the Trainer School, he saw Daniel exiting his house with his hair ruffled, his t-shirt the wrong way round, and a piece of toast sticking out of his mouth. "Afternoon, Dan" Zed greeted. Daniel smiled ruefully, and replied "It's not a crime to wake up a bit late".

Once Daniel had sorted himself out, he and Zed continued walking down the worn-out path. It was then that Zed saw the time on his watch. "Crap, we're late. Common, we need to go!" Zed and Daniel raced down the hill, coming to a standstill as they reached the Trainers School a few minutes later. "Nothing like a brisk morning jog to wake you up" puffed Daniel in between deep breaths. "Come on, lets just go inside" Zed replied, also taking deep breaths.

As they entered the School, they immediately contemplated turning around and walking away slowly. The whole town was gathered to witness the four students graduate, and Zed and Daniel were receiving deathly stares from all 500 citizens of Pallet Town. If looks could kill, they would both be mangled corpses by now.

"So" Professor Oak began, after everyone settled down, "now that everyone is here, we may as well start the ceremony. Students, please step up to the podium so that you may be handed your certificates". One by one, the four students received a certificate and a handshake from Professor Oak. Then, each student was given 5 Poke balls, and a Pokédex. Finally, it was time for the students to pick their first Pokémon.

"Penny Almark, please pick your first Pokémon" Professor Oak said. Penny went up to a different podium, where 12 Poke balls were being kept. In these Poke balls were the starters from four different regions: the Kanto starters, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle, the Johto starters, Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile, the Hoenn starters, Treeko, Torchic and Mudkip, and the Sinnoh starters, Turtwig, Chimchar and Piplup. After deliberating for a while, Penny picked up a poke ball and let her new Pokémon loose. A Piplup burst out, and was met by a round of applause from the audience.

"Daniel Nosworthy, please pick your first Pokémon" Professor Oak announced. Daniel strolled over to the table, selected a poke ball, and revealed its contents to the crowd. A lime green Treeko popped out.

"Zed Green, please pick your first Pokémon" Professor Oak said. Zed went over to the table, and thought for a moment. It is easy to choose a Pokémon; each of the three types represent the type of person you are. Grass types are for intellectual people, water types are for cool people, and fire types are for stupid people who really like danger and/or death. Zed smiled to himself. He picked a Pokémon, and let it loose to show the audience. A small, satsuma orange lizard came out, with a small fire on its tail, and a yellow patch on its stomach. The Pokémon Zed had chosen was the fire type, Charmander.

It was Gary's turn. After being told to pick a Pokémon, he rushed over to the table, selected the poke ball next to the one that had contained the Charmander, and opened it up. A small, blue turtle popped out. Gary had chosen a Squirtle.

"Now that all of our students have picked their pokémon, I have an announcement to make" Professor Oak said over the tannoy. "In 3 years time, the Indigo Plateau will be held near Viridian City. Should they decide to try and enter, I wish our four students the best of luck in their endeavours."

After the announcement, the town slowly began to file out of the Trainers School. Zed went home with his parents, to start packing his things and get ready to leave. "Now son, you need to be careful out there. It's a dangerous world" Zed's dad warned him. "I'll be fine, Dad. I love you guys, I'll try and call every now and then" Zed responded. "Bye honey, remember, we love you" Zed's mother told her departing son.

Zed called Daniel on his Pokédex (it had a LOT of features) to meet him at the beginning of Route 1. While he was waiting for Daniel (who was late a lot), he saw Penny striding up to him. He sighed. Penny was alright normally, but she was very arrogant, which lead her to act like a douche every now and then. Just when he was thinking about leaving by himself, Daniel began to walk up the pathway leading to Route 1. "Dan, you finally made it. Common, I want to leave as soon as possible" Zed told Daniel. "Oh, can I come?" Penny cut in. "No. No. Why the hell would you want to come anyway? You hate us" Zed replied. "Oh, let her come. We'll probably come across some tough pokémon, we need all the help we can get" Daniel said. "Fine, she can come. But as soon as she starts to annoy me, she goes. Ok?" Zed asked. "Fine. Let's just go, at this rate it will take us 20 years to reach Viridian City" Penny said. "Ok, let's go" Zed agreed.

Just as they were taking their first step, a sarcastic voice came from the tree next to them. "Where you goin', poop for brains?" the voice asked. "Oh, for Mew's sake, what now?!" Zed asked.