Chapter1

A Long Goodbye

It was morning; the sunlight was streaking through my window. I tried as hard as could to get up but I couldn't. I didn't really get much sleep last night. I was just too darn anxious. For you see, today is the day I start my very own Pokémon adventure.

I walked through the hallway with the beige colored walls to the bathroom. I striped out of my pajamas and jumped into the shower. I let the hot water run and scold my bare flesh with the steam. I thought of it as burning away the person I used to be and being born anew, a Pokémon trainer. I did this until the hot water turned warm and the warm water turned cold. Then I got out of the shower, dried off, and got dressed. I put on heavy, khaki colored cargo pants and a green shirt. I looked at myself in the large glass mirror. I studied my blue eyes and brown hair in the mirror. My name was Tommy. I was fourteen years old. Today was the day I would leave home and go on a quest across the continents.

I walked down the old birch stairway to the kitchen and sat at our kitchen table. I wasn't surprised to have my Pichu com running in and start hugging my leg. He is so damn energetic in the morning. His pink cheeks always spark when he runs. Dare I say it, but it is pretty cute. I picked him up, and put him on my lap.

Pichu was trying to eat a pecha berry when Suzy, my little sister, soon found me at the table. She was holding her Eevee. It was still sleeping in her arms. My mom bred it special for her 10th birthday a few months ago.

You see, my mom and dad had always been pushing the road to becoming a Pokémon trainer. My mom was a breeder who sold cute Pokémon to rich people and tough ones to trainers. She has quite the reputation. Dad was a gym leader but decided to hand over his gym to my uncle in order to spend more time with us.

She stared at me with her deep green eyes. Her brown hair was knotted from her not having washed it yet. Suzy then said the most surprising thing I ever heard her say. "Take really good care of Eevee for me while you're gone."

"What!" I exclaimed so confusedly I nearly flew out of my chair.

"I want Eevee to have a good, adventurous life", Suzy replied. "One in which he can evolve and prosper."

Her logic outgrew a girl of her size and age. She truly was well beyond her years. I was astonished she thought that far ahead for the welfare of her Pokémon.

Later, after I ate breakfast and packed the last of my things, it was time for goodbyes. I had a feeling something surprising was going to happen, but I looked past it. There was going to be a nostalgic mother in tears and an overly proud father talking about what fun I would have.

I guess there was some surprise. I got two gifts that I suppose will turn out to be useful. Mom gave me her "lucky" amulet coin and dad gave me a thunderstone. He said even if I don't use it I could pawn it for major cash if I needed.

2332990553085We all walked as a family to the edge of town but when we reached the bridge that crossed the river next to our town, I was the only one walking. I knew I wouldn't see my family for quite a time. That's what you need to first overcome when becoming a trainer.

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