Ba-Ding! A battle music began as the image of a Gengar; a three foot, purple being squared of against a Jigglypuff, a small Pink balloon like creature, appeared. They measured each other up, and then the Jigglypuff struck. "Oh, and that take down went right through Gengar," Said the announcer of the Pokemon tournament, "It looks like the opponent is calling Gengar back, so what will his new strategy be?" The Gengar's trainer called his Gengar back into it's Pokeball, a Red and White ball that is roughly the size of a baseball, through a beam of light and cast another. A white flash produced a large snake made of rocks, an Onix.
"Oh, looks like he's picking things up with his Onix!" The announcer exclaimed. Then this bizarre match zooms out to a TV screen and watching that TV is Ten-year-old Austin Baker, watching with more excitement than that of a someone watching a baseball game or the Super Bowl. "I'm going to be just like them, no, better," Austin said with excitement "I'm going to clime to the top, be a Pokemon master! You see, in the world Austin lives in Pokemon are creatures, ranging in sizes that "Pokemon Trainers" capture and raise, normally to do battle, he who unlocks all of their mysteries is known as a Pokemon master.
"Austin, let me in" It was his mother, knocking on his door "Listen, tonight you are 10 years old, you're old enough to be a Pokemon trainer, and tomorrow Professor Oak gives you your first Pokemon!"
"Okay, fine, I'm going to bed" He said, knowing he wouldn't get any sleep tonight "Night mom"
The next morning he woke up early, got his stuff ready and headed down to Oak's Pokemon lab. He knocked on the door, no one was there, and it was locked. He went to his town's entrance and saw the sign 'Welcome to Palette Town.' "Man," he thought, "Can't believe I'm leaving….maybe he's out there doing research." He began to leave the town limits, and then he heard a voice in the distance "WAIT!" It was professor Oak "Austin….wait." He said out of Breath "You can't go out there, wild Pokemon will attack you, and you have no one to help you do battle, and keep you safe, come with me to the lab, it's time for you to pick your first Pokemon anyways."
So the went back to the professor's lab and went inside "Jack's been waiting for a while, and he's so impatient!" Said Oak. "Hey Gramps, he's here, can I pick my own Pokemon now?!" Asked Jack, Grandson of Oak
"Now hold on, you'll get your turn, Jack, let Austin go first!" Then, Oak grabed three Pokeballs and in a flash of white light released 3 small Pokemon form them and asked Austin. "Now then, would you like Bulbasaur, the Grass type, Charmander, the Fire type, or Squirtle, the Water type?" Austin looked at the three, Bulbasaur, a small dinosaur like creature, green with blue spots on it and a large plant bulb on it's back. Charmander, was a two foot Dragon like lizard, bright orange with a flame on the tip of it's tail. Last was Squirtle, a small standing turtle, light blue in color. Jack watched Austin and thought "Moron'll probably pick Bulbasaur, the easy way out, leaving me with that Charmander, and the rich pay of of it's final form. Austin knew nothing of type advantages yet, or of the challenges he would face early on, but looked at the professor and said "I want the orange on, Charmander, I think you called it." A look of surprise appeared on Oak's face, "This Pokemon is for more advanced young trainers, are you sure it's the one you want?"
"Yes, I'm sure Professor" and with that, Oak called Charmander back into it's Pokeball and handed it to Austin. "I like this one, take good care of him" and Jack pushed Austin and said "I'll take this one then!" and took the Squirtle. Austin was starting to leave when Jack called him "Hey, Austin!"
"Yeah Jack?" Austin looked back.
"Seeing as how we both have our own Pokemon now whadaya say we have a battle of our own right now?" He said with a smirk
"Okay, sounds fun to me" Austin said, reaching Charmander's Pokeball from his belt, "Go, Charmander!"
In a flash of light, Charmander emerged from his Pokeball, ready to fight. "Squirtle, get 'em!" Squirtle and Charmander eyed eachother, they charged "Charmander, use scratch!" Charmander layed a huge swipe on Squirtle "Squirtle, Tackle him!" They went back and forth, and then finally "Charmander, one more scratch!" It appeared to be a critical hit, Squirtle then fell over and passed out.
"Damn" Jack said under his breath "I even had the advantage!" Jack called his Squirtle back, and turned around and walked out "I'm outa here, smell ya later Gramps, Austin." "Wow," thought Austin, "I won, my first battle!" Austin ran to Charmander and looked at him "Well, Charmander, I'd say you're stuck with me for a while." Charmander looked back at Atustin and exclaimed "Char!" Oak looked at Austin and said, "Well Austin, I'd say you're on a good start now, I'd say you picked just the right partner, and if I may ask you a favor, There's a town not far from here, Viridian city, the shop there should have the special parcel I ordered, would you be so kind as to pick it up for me?"
"Sure," Austin said "I'll bring it to you ASAP, ready Charmander?" He looked at Charmander and it nodded, "Well then, lets go" They headed off to Viridian city, to retrieve Professor Oak's parcel, and so Austin Baker's Pokemon journey began.